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.
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.