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an effort to create searchable online databases for government expenditures
a tool to highlight the hypocrisy of tax hikers
Constitutional or statutory requirement to rein in growth of revenues end expenditures
a commitment made by elected officials and candidates for elected office never to raise taxes
Raising the bar for tax increases
Requiring a cool-off period for all bills with a fiscal impact
pork-barrel spending - the broken windows of the budget
Decision Time in Maine and Washington - Spending Limits on Today's Ballot
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 8:24 AM
Today, taxpayers in Washington state and Maine will decide the fate of their respective states' tax and expenditure limitation ballot questions.
In Maine, taxpayers will vote on Question 4, the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) modeled after Colorado's successful tax and expenditure limitation. TABOR, a similar version of which got close to passing in 2006, would limit annual government spending growth at population plus inflation, and would put voters in the driver's seat when it comes to tax increases.
Get more information at www.tabornow.com.
In Washington state, taxpayers will decide on Initiative 1033. While the focus lies on capping government revenues at the rates of population plus inflation growth, the measure's concept is rather similar to Maine's TABOR.
We're hopeful that the measures will pass, which would not just be good news for taxpayers in Maine and Washington, but for taxpayers all over the United States because passage in these arguably very liberal states would send a strong message against tax-and-spend policies.
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