One simple way to help ease the overall tax burden is to stop incentivizing companies to come here. 20-year tax-free deals are horseshit. The giant contractors are to blame, too (here's looking at you, Roers) using loopholes to dodge any sort of tax burden whenever they can.
Ultimately, it's we the people who get stuck carrying the load. And in the case of Fargo, which will most likely never get out from our billion-dollar deficit, you can't just special-assessment your way out of a shitpile.
I'm so ready to get the f out of Dodge and move to the country. Just a few more years till the kiddos graduate and then g-bye Fargay!