Rethinking Revenue Initiative
What: A multipart series exploring local government revenue options
Who: GFOA and like-minded organizations
Why: Local government revenues are not aligned with modern economic realities
- Wealth is less connected with real property ownership
- Who pays is often not who can afford to pay or who benefits
What is the scale of the problem?
Can’t local governments just spend less?
Where does local government revenue come from now?
Where does the Rethinking Revenue initiative go from here?
