Brisker, you never listen to your own drivel? Not to mention Health’s? Who says that it only involves tax issues? If you study the history of the keillot you will see that rabbanim only became involved when someone raised an objection after a decision (usually about taxes, which no one has ever liked, as Rehavam ben Shlomo discovered) was made. Their function was basically judicial review. However, if no one objected they did not invalidate a decision on their own.FYI, the Netziv says that the mitzva to appoint a king is conditioned upon the people asking for one as they must believe that the system of government is appropriate for them.Rabbi Chaim David HaLevi says that there are no halachot regarding economics, only goals but the economists decide how to achieve them. Rav Moshe said that military decisions are made by the military leadership. In fact, when Rav Kook and Rav Solovechik were asked for advice they only set forth the choices and their ramifications but left the final decisions to the questioners. Rav Tzvi Yehuda never endorsed any political party but gave anyone who asked a beracha as he believed that each one had part of the truth.
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