As a result, traditional sources of revenue for most governmcnts are stable at best or highly unpredictable or declining at worst. Further, while the public may be against higher taxes, and while transfers of money from central to local governments
are typically stable or declining, the public continues to demand a high lcvcl of government services. Non-profit organizations often are called on to take up the slack in the system left by the departure of public organizations or services, but may bc hard-pressed to do so.