This only works if you actually have people paying reasonable amounts of municipal tax, and if the muni itself is allocating the money properly. Plenty of oppor

This only works if you actually have people paying reasonable amounts of municipal tax, and if the muni itself is allocating the money properly. Plenty of opportunity for failure here, especially when you end up in a trap like in Flint where people weren't paying water bills or property taxes and expected to continue to get service on par with any other first world city.