The Supermajority Requirement as a Means of Limiting Taxation and Spending: Some Economic and Ethical Issues

16 Pages Posted: 5 Oct 2000

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Robert W. McGee

Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting

Abstract

From time to time, proposals have been put forward to increase the required number of votes needed to increase taxes from a simple majority to some supermajority. The effect of this requirement would be to make it more difficult to raise taxes. Most articles that have been written on this topic are written from the perspectives of economics, political science or public finance. This article takes a different approach. While economic, political science and public finance aspects of the issue are discussed, this article goes beyond those disciplines by including an analysis of the proposal from several ethical perspectives.

JEL Classification: D6, H21

Suggested Citation

McGee, Robert W., The Supermajority Requirement as a Means of Limiting Taxation and Spending: Some Economic and Ethical Issues. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=242510 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.242510

Robert W. McGee (Contact Author)

Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting ( email )

Fayetteville, NC 28301
United States

HOME PAGE: http://robertwmcgee.com

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