On a municipal level this has been going on as well (in NJ, municipal taxes are by far most peoples’ largest tax burden). We’ve had schools operating at half days for months, no public works - and no layoffs/furloughs or even reductions in pay.
These policies prevented any recovery here after the 2007/2008 crash, and this Red Chinese virus will just drive more jobs and productive workers out of the area.
Not a single school/town/department cut heads or reduced costs or even did a 10 percent pay reduction across the board
My town raised taxes 4%
corruption isn’t cheap