Tuesday, December 5, 2006
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Haaretz: The Bottom Line / Arab municipalities do not believe in equality in debts - '...The bottom third of the local authorities in Israel, going by debt collection rates, are all Arab towns. Seventy-five of these local governments, from Laqia in the Negev with a collection rate of 2 percent, to Qabul, with a rate of 55 percent, are all Arab; it's only when you get to 76th place that you encounter the first Jewish town, Migdal, with a collection rate of 55 percent. The figures show that Arab towns are reluctant to collect city taxes from their residents. You say these towns are the poorest in Israel? These collection figures are after discounts...'
