a type of municipal
bond backed by the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the issuer, specifically its ability to collect taxes; only entities that have the right to levy and collect taxes can issue
general obligation bonds; certain governmental entities are subject to legal
limits on the amount of taxes that they can impose, and their issues are called
limited - tax
general obligation bonds; unlimited - tax
bonds are issued by government entities that are not subject to those
limits