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Local Tax Policy: a Federalist Perspective.(Brief Article)
Local governments across the United States are struggling to raise revenue to pay for public services. Increased demands by citizens for more and better services; the ever-rising costs of providing services; and a plethora of legal and political restrictions on raising tax revenue have left many American local governments in dire fiscal straits. The problem is that the fiscal autonomy of local governments has been declining for several decades. By ceding financial control to the states, localities cede political control over their affairs. Paralleling this loss of ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Local Tax Policy: a Federalist Perspective.(Brief Article)