Remember, these tax rates do not include property taxes, nor additional sales taxes imposed by local governments, sin taxes, and other fees used to raise revenue by state and local governments.

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If no additional revenue is coming in due to a refusal to raise taxes, coupled with the dramatically falling property tax revenues, government officials have no recourse but to go to the negotiating table with unions.

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