Suppose that people in your community voted to eliminate all local taxes. Which of these goods and services would most likely disappear?

a. Interstate highway maintenance
b. neighborhood trash pickup
c. regional military base
d. grocery story parking lots

1 answer

If local taxes were eliminated, the goods and services that rely primarily on local funding would most likely disappear. Among the options provided, the service that would most likely be affected is:

b. neighborhood trash pickup

Local taxes typically fund services directly related to the community, such as neighborhood trash pickup. The other options—interstate highway maintenance, regional military bases, and grocery store parking lots—are typically funded through different means or at state or federal levels, rather than relying solely on local tax revenue.