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1. Some state and local leaders (e.g., Connecticut Gov. Lamont) are cutting services amid the worst public health crisis in more than a century.
Here's why states and localities must raise taxes on those who can afford it in order to *increase* spending. https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/states-and-localities-need-federal-relief-but-they-need-to-tax-the-rich-too/
Here's why states and localities must raise taxes on those who can afford it in order to *increase* spending. https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/states-and-localities-need-federal-relief-but-they-need-to-tax-the-rich-too/
2. Porterdale, Georgia, might as well be named Everywhere, U.S.A.
Like almost every town right now, it’s facing brutally tough choices when it comes to its budget.
Recent spending cuts led all of the town’s Public Works employees to quit. https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/states-and-localities-need-federal-relief-but-they-need-to-tax-the-rich-too/
Like almost every town right now, it’s facing brutally tough choices when it comes to its budget.
Recent spending cuts led all of the town’s Public Works employees to quit. https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/states-and-localities-need-federal-relief-but-they-need-to-tax-the-rich-too/
3. This, after years of successful redevelopment. Grants were secured to improve public parks. Free libraries were built at playgrounds.
In 2018, Porterdale was named by @GeorgiaTrend as one of the state’s top three "live, work, play small towns." https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/states-and-localities-need-federal-relief-but-they-need-to-tax-the-rich-too/
In 2018, Porterdale was named by @GeorgiaTrend as one of the state’s top three "live, work, play small towns." https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/states-and-localities-need-federal-relief-but-they-need-to-tax-the-rich-too/
4. Porterdale is a glimpse of what towns and cities across the country will soon look like—if Congress doesn’t provide financial relief.
*And* if states don’t start raising taxes on those who can afford it. https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/states-and-localities-need-federal-relief-but-they-need-to-tax-the-rich-too/
*And* if states don’t start raising taxes on those who can afford it. https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/states-and-localities-need-federal-relief-but-they-need-to-tax-the-rich-too/
