num_pages: 162
description: Brunori a journalist and lawyer who specializes in tax and government issues examines how local governments are financed with an eye toward their current and future responsibilities within the American federal system. Arguing that The existence of local government that Americans are familiar with will be in jeopardy without a significant change in the way local government is financed he examines the theory operation and politics of the local tax system and demonstrates why it is necessary to revitalize the property tax to support local governments. Annotation 2004 Book News Inc. Portland OR
language: English
title: Local Tax Policy: A Federalist Perspective
publisher: Urban Institute Press