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Why You Pay More and Get Less: City Budgets Explained
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February 11, 2026
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1:41:22Now PlayingWhy does it feel like you pay more, your city stays underfunded, and basic services keep getting worse?
This live conversation breaks down city budgets, regressive local taxes, and participatory budgeting, with real examples from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In this FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation public event, we cover:
• Regressive vs progressive taxes, with clear examples
• Why sales tax and fees dominate municipal finance, and why they hit working people hardest
• What fairer local revenue tools can look like
• Participatory budgeting, step by step, with examples from other cities
• What TulsaDecides is building, and how to join
• How wealth and capital gains slip through the tax system
• How local organizing can open new paths for accountability and investment
Recorded live in Tulsa with Clara E. Mattei, Bob Lord, Matt Harder, and Monroe Nichols.
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• Join TulsaDecides
• Subscribe to FREE (Forum for Real Economic Emancipation) @FreeFreeForum
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Keywords: city budget, municipal finance, regressive taxes, sales tax, progressive taxation, participatory budgeting, Tulsa budget, Oklahoma taxes, economic democracy
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