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From: Public Management
Date: 19930501
Author:Ayres, Douglas W.

Breaking Outside the Conventional Circle

Supreme Court Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once opined in a case that "taxes are the price of civilization." Today, it seems, the public is opining in response that "we have too much civilization." But is that truly what the public is saying to local government spending, or is there another message to which public officials do not listen?

Government on Demand

The political justification for all programs and projects provided by local government is "need" or "demand." Measurement of the former is a major problem, but demand is ...

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