Breaking Down Revenue: How Kansas City And Saint Louis Compare To Six Other Cities

Budget and Spending | July 20, 2015

By Michael Rathbone | Read Time 1 min

Cities need money to operate. The types and amounts of revenue they collect differ from city to city. This case study focuses on revenue collection in Kansas City and Saint Louis along with six comparable cities—Denver, Indianapolis, Louisville, Oklahoma City, Omaha, and Tulsa. From this comparison, I hope to determine which city places the greatest revenue burden on its residents. The comparisons in this paper will shed light on whether Kansas City and Saint Louis are high- or lowrevenue cities relative to other cities across the country.

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Michael Rathbone

Michael Rathbone was a policy researcher at the Show-Me Institute. He is a native of Saint Louis and a 2008 graduate of Saint Louis University, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in biomedical engineering. In 2010, Michael obtained an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis with concentrations in finance and health care management. At the Show-Me Institute, Michaels policy areas included the state budget, taxes, public pensions, and public subsidies. He also delivered lectures to area high school students about the Great Depression from an economic perspective. Michael lives in Fenton.

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