July 17, 2002

The Colorado Plan

Now that more than one Tennessee gubernatorial candidate has endorsed amending the Tennessee constitution with a provision similar to Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, here is a list of resources related to Colorado's TABOR amendment...

The TABOR Amendment: Learning To Live Within Colorado's Tax & Spending Limits, by Dr. Barry Poulson, professor of economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Senior Fellow with the Independence Institute, and a member of the Colorado Commission on Taxation. Also available as a PDF file. Nov. 2001.

Triggering tax rebates
By Michael New, research assistant and data analyst with the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute. Source: Washington Times, April 2, 2002.

Limiting Government through Direct Democracy: The Case of State Tax and Expenditure Limitations
By Michael New, research assistant and data analyst with the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute. The full Cato study on the effectiveness of tax and expenditure limitations on state spending growth. Source: Cato Institute, December 2001. Click for the Executive Summary.

We still need fiscal discipline
By Dr. Barry Poulson, professor of economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Senior Fellow with the Independence Institute, and a member of the Colorado Commission on Taxation. Source: June 23, 2002, Denver Post.

A poll last summer found strong support among Coloradoans for the Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
Source: Ciruli Associates