Name: Pal Avinash Bhadreshwara

Budget Context Assignment for PUAD 622

Find (attached to assignment) the spreadsheet: 2020_state_local revenue and spending.xlsx. Go to the worksheet named "Comparison" (should be the one that's open). If your last name starts with A-C, your state is Delaware; D-J, your state is Maryland; K-M, your state is New Jersey; N-P, your state is Pennsylvania; R-S, your state is Virginia; & T-Z your state is West Virginia.

Question 1: Look at the state general sales tax proportion. How important is the general sales tax to your state... more or less important as compared to the average of all states? More or less important as compared to the 6 states we've looked at?