I will go against the grain here and say this is a bad idea. It gives the state dull control over local government revenues. Government is best closest to the people. Theyd be better iff eliminating the sales tax or some other revenue to the state coffers.
“Government is best closest to the people.”
You are absolutely right; they prevent taxpayers from paying someone else’s bills.
For people nostalgic about the Founding Fathers, I don’t know if many FReepers are aware that voting was originally limited to people paying property taxes. There was a reason for that: they had a stake in the future of an area that wasn’t shared by all of the residents. Once that requirement was removed, you had people casting votes to see what they could get from other people’s money (the modern Democratic Party).