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<p>Pennsylvania needs to update its tax code and provide for revenue collection by amending the state&#8217;s constitution to adopt a new tax and abolish the present unfair taxes, including property taxes.</p><p>The new tax should be a graduated income tax based on the ability to pay. There is no justification for continuing to unfairly tax drinkers, gamblers, smokers, sales, utility bills, etc. All of these unnecessary, obsolete taxes are also expensive to collect.</p><p>With the technology that exists today, local, county and state government, as well as school districts, could adopt budgets that are balanced by graduated income tax rates for each of them. These rates could be adjusted quarterly, or even monthly, to prevent revenue shortfalls or excesses.</p><p>Today, there is no excuse for budget deficits.</p><p><strong>David L. Faust</strong></p><p>Selinsgrove</p><style>
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