Suppose that people in your community voted to eliminate all local taxes. Which of these goods and services would most likely disappear?
interstate highway maintenance
neighborhood trash pickup
regional military base
grocery store parking lots
If people in the community voted to eliminate all local taxes, it is most likely that the goods and services dependent on those taxes would disappear. Among the options listed, neighborhood trash pickup and grocery store parking lots would be the goods and services most likely to disappear.
Interstate highway maintenance is typically funded by state and federal taxes, so the elimination of local taxes would have a limited impact on its maintenance. Regional military bases are primarily funded by the federal government, so they would also likely continue to operate.
However, neighborhood trash pickup and maintaining grocery store parking lots are services commonly provided by local municipalities using local tax revenue. If the community voted to eliminate all local taxes, it would deprive the funding required to sustain these services, potentially leading to their disappearance.