Creative Politics : Taxes and Public Goods in a Federal System.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (190 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Federalism as Creative Politics -- 2. Federalism, Public Goods, and Taxes -- 3. Representatives' Positions and Collective Decisions -- 4. Read Our Lips, No New (Income) Taxes -- 5. Tax and Spend or Spending Taxes- Economic Development in the States -- 6. Education Financing: How Many Types of Equity? -- 7. Health Care-Afflicted Budgets -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Offers a new perspective on how state legislators make decisions about what public services to provide and how to pay for them.