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Originally Posted by marigolds6
Quick example, St Louis region used to be funded by a cross-region transportation development tax and a cross-region security sales tax. The federal government banned both types of taxes (they could since they were interstate.
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Of course. It should have been obvious at the outset that interstate taxation would be found unconstitutional.
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That led to needing federal grants to fund transportation;
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No, it should have led to St Louis and Missouri finding ways within the state to raise the money they need.