The Worst Tax?: A History of the Property Tax in AmericaUniversity Press of Kansas, 1996 - 245 pages This text provides a history of property tax in America, revealing the fundamental difficulties confronting all past attempts at designing an equitable and efficient system of property taxation during the past two centuries. |
Contents
FIGURES AND TABLES | 9 |
REVOLUTION AND REFORM | 12 |
FEDERAL FINANCE 17751836 | 28 |
Tables | 39 |
THE CASE OF KANSAS | 63 |
18601900 | 79 |
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION 18601900 | 102 |
DEFECTIVE IN THEORY OR PRACTICE? | 122 |
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