Public Finance & Investment Roadmap

Budget shortfalls arise when powerful actors avoid paying their fair share of taxes and when federal and state governments push responsibilities onto the local level without providing adequate financial resources. In order to patch these shortfalls, many local governments have become dependent on regressive mechanisms that disproportionately impact working class communities. ProGov21's Public Finance & Investment roadmap outlines steps municipalities can take to create an equitable and just local revenue policy.