That's a problem that states have been dealing with for over a century, and it's been a more immediate problem since FDR, and actually Reagan (who actually got the court to support that federal funding elsewhere could be stripped from being non-compliant on other issues).
A lot of state governments aren't operating independently, and they need to re-learn how to do that.
A lot of state governments aren't operating independently, and they need to re-learn how to do that.
Kind of hard to do that when your subjects find the tax rate you actually want to be unacceptable, and you've agreed to let the feds raise their rates and kick some back instead to dodge the blame because the feds are harder to fight.
That's a problem that states have been dealing with for over a century, and it's been a more immediate problem since FDR, and actually Reagan (who actually got the court to support that federal funding elsewhere could be stripped from being non-compliant on other issues).
A lot of state governments aren't operating independently, and they need to re-learn how to do that.
Kind of hard to do that when your subjects find the tax rate you actually want to be unacceptable, and you've agreed to let the feds raise their rates and kick some back instead to dodge the blame because the feds are harder to fight.