Reply #85: Much of what you posted would be an easy sell to the public

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I still believe, however, that in this age of reduced employee benefits in the private sector, the taxpayers will come to resent public employees receiving substantially better benefits they can get. This would be particularly true for people whose lifestyles are being impacted by high property and income taxes. I was really talking about what the public will likely NOT want.

The lack of uniformity among state taxes is a difficult problem. High income people and businesses are going to shop for the best state tax and local deal they can get. Given our form of government, I don't believe there is an easy solution for that. It might require a constitutional amendment.