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		russell on July 11, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bay Area as a City State You would love CA then, where the state seizes local taxes to pay state bills and the republicans rant on about lowering taxes. The cities are feeling the pinch and have to cut local services.

ant5 on July 11, 2010 [–]

That's not at all what I said I wanted :)

I want trickle-up instead of trickle-down taxes, ie, the city controls the purse strings instead of the federal and state governments.

russell on July 12, 2010 | [–]

I know. I was being deliberately obtuse. Imperial China had what you were talking about and it was institutionalized corruption.

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