Commentary on 20 year growth in local and state tax revenues

There’s a myth that local tax revenues are in crisis, and that property and sales taxes are no longer sufficient. Sometimes you hear that local governments never truly recovered from the Great Recession.

Inflation-adjusted local tax revenues are up 64% over the past 20 years. pic.twitter.com/1bEgHF0CCH

— Jared Walczak (@JaredWalczak) December 3, 2021