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“THE PRICE paid for larger populations, and the increased institutional complexity required to service them, can be calculated with some precision. (The following) shows the effects of population size in urban counties on three different components of the tax burden:
“For a population of less than 10,000, police protection costs $5.70 in tax per capita; fire protection costs $1.42 and sewerage costs $2.65. For a population of 50,000 to 99,000, police costs $7.50; fire protection costs $4.85 and sewerage costs $6.30. For a population of 25,000 or more, the per capita costs goes to $19.10 for police, $10.81 for fire protection, and $10.61 for sewerage.
“The picture is even more stark when we look at total tax expenditure per capita for local government. The latest available figures (mainly for 1967) are as follows: New York City, $892 per capita; counties with populations of 250,000 or more, $353; counties with 100,000 to 249,999, $265; counties with 50,000 to 99,000, $246; counties with 25,000 to 49,999, $233.
“The argument is often used by developers and politicians that the public should approve of local development because it will ‘broaden the tax base and reduce assessments.’ The preceding figures show that this argument is spurious: as the population of urban areas goes up, so does the cost per capita for services, and so does inflation.’’C
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