Michael Caryl - The Fair 55 Tax Reform Plan ( Part 9)

ENHANCED FISCAL FLEXIBILITY AND VOTER CONTROL THROUGH EXPANDED LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE-GENERATING POWER AND SPENDING RESPONSIBILITIES.

To achieve optimum efficiency and transparency in the use of tax revenues, a major decentralization of state government fiscal control and a restructuring of local government, including the long-term possibility of significant consolidation, will be necessary. However much that a full treatment of that endeavor remains well beyond the scope of this proposal, there are reforms of the state and local tax structure which can play a major role in facilitating achievement of those even broader reforms. Read More