The Wall Street Journal reports that the loss of revenue from housing related fees and the prospective loss of property tax revenue is leaving many state and city budgets with large deficits. It would have been useful to interview a spokesperson for the Fed or an economist who is supportive of Fed policy so that they could explain why this is not a problem.
--Dean Baker
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