But the reductio ( though not ' ad absurdam ' ) of your proposal for greater democracy would be to require the citizens to make their own decisons directly , and without the mediation of representatives in Parliament , for their ' public ' services , by allowing them to choose their children 's school or their family 's healthcare provider , and either giving them sufficient tax allowances to enable them to pay directly for it , or have the Treasury pay per capita allowances to the provider of their choosing .