31 Aug Taxing, Spending, Education and Development
After completing the course readings and viewing the course presentations for Module 8: Week 8, you will write a 24 page research paper analyzing a serious dilemma as a public official. As a local mayor, local commissioner, state legislator, or state governor, you are faced with a sizeable structural deficit. However, in order to help create more jobs and foster innovation, you are constantly being lobbied to build a state of the art high tech facility in your area of responsibility. How do you solve this dilemma?
Instructions
This assignment must be formatted in current APA format, including a title page, sectional headings, and a Works Cited section. It must also utilize 35 scholarly sources, which may include course materials (textbooks and presentations) and the Bible.
If you choose to be a mayor, you are facing a structural deficit of $100,000.
If you choose to be a county commissioner, you are facing a structural deficit of $1,000,000.
If you choose to be a state legislator or state governor, you are facing a structural deficit of $100,000,000.
In all three situations, you need to bring in new revenue to fix your structural deficit. You also have several public unions that periodically need new negotiations on their collective bargaining agreements (CBAs). You notice that there are several contributors to your structural deficit:
You have to do something or you will likely lose your seat in the next election.
