In 1973, many States had widespread tax reductions as a result of (1) the greater impact of inflation on income rather than on outgo, (2) the stabilizing of educational costs, and (3) federal revenue sharing. State legislation has shifted local fiscal responsibilities to State government, expanded the use of broad-based taxes, and instituted tax…

Gathering of the reins of power in Washington is neither the most efficient nor an effective way to govern. (Author)

The Commission made an in depth study of the entire tax structure of Connecticut and developed a model for tax reform for the State that would allow for lessening of inequities for many classes of taxpayers and create a more favorable climate for industry to increase employment for Connecticut people. This volume (the first of three) consists of…

The thrust of the act is to make available to units of local and state government a portion of those manpower training and public service employment funds that were formerly disbursed by the Department of Labor under a system of some 10,000 direct grants. (Author/JM)

Asserts that concern with revenue sharing "is justified on the grounds that general revenue sharing may ultimately replace existing categorical programs, those programs specifically targeted for special groups." Concludes that the potential legal influence of this program may be used to promote effective civil rights enforcement. (Author/JM)

Recent judicial treatment of tax expenditures in both state action and establishment clause cases is analyzed and it is argued that tax expenditures and direct expenditures should be treated as constitutional equivalents. (LBH)

Title I of Public Law 92-512, the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, is popularly known as the Revenue Sharing Act. It provides for payments of approximately $30.2 billion to over 38,000 general units of governments, the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and approximately 350 Indian tribes and Alaskan native villages. Revenue…

Describes how local area unemployment statistics are developed by state employment security agencies to provide the Bureau of Labor Statistics with data on the insured unemployed by county of residence. Includes a discussion of the handbook method, a consistent and uniform method of estimating total unemployment for states and areas. (Editor/TA)

There is always an inherent danger that public education may come to the point of extreme federal dependency as a result of revenue sharing. For this reason States must find another way of solving their basic, longrange problems of education financing independent of the federal bureaucracy. (Author/JN)

Revenue sharing is designed to meet the needs of the Federal Government -- not the needs of the State. (Author/JN)

This study probes the influences behind recent trends in State-local finance and attempts to ferret out the dominant influences that will prevail during the remainder of the seventies. It presents projections of State-local finance for fiscal years 1975 and 1980 that indicate general spending and revenues will grow at a pace that will tend to…

Describes recent federal legislation under which the local area unemployment statistics (LAUS) program will play an important role in allocating billions of dollars in economic aid to states and local areas. Major issues resulting from a review of the LAUS program (procedures, methods, reliability requirements) are discussed. (Editor/TA)

The goal of revenue sharing is to restore a proper balance to the federal system in the belief that, given sufficient resources, States and localities can be more responsive to the needs of the people. (Author)

Revenue sharing is not a matter of the States asking the federal government to solve their problems. (Author/JN)

While accepting the probable inevitability of revenue sharing, this article questions whether--at least for youth manpower programs--we are ready for such a system; there is reason to believe that its introduction as proposed at this time would be premature. (Author/JM)