,Tax Policy for the 21st Century: Resolving California's Long-Term Structural Deficit

Tax Policy for the 21st Century: Resolving California's Long-Term Structural Deficit


 

Publication Date: January 2005

Publisher: California Tax Reform Association

Author(s): David Kersten; Lenny Goldberg

Research Area: Banking and finance

Type: Report

Abstract:

No one likes taxes. Yet there is a broad consensus, dating back to at least the 1950's, that a healthy public sector is a critical part of California's long-term success. To maintain a high productivity economy and society, California must have a tax system that provides sufficient revenues for education, ifrastructure and vital public services, and raises revenues in as efficient, effective, and equitable manner as possible.