When there is a budget shortfall to cover non-essential government services the citizens will be given the choice between higher taxes or the loss of essential government services.
The typical example is withholding police and fire protection unless a tax increase is accepted by the voters. The local variation on this theme by our own city council is no street maintenance without special assessments.
5 posted on 07/30/2002 11:50:26 AM PDT by snarkpup