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« The Future of Newspapers Looks Bloggy | Main | What About the Pope? » April 5, 2005TABOR: "Common Sense" Tax Reform for Tennessee
Here is an excerpt, which I had to retype by hand, so it will be a short excerpt: A Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) is being proposed as a way to inject a strong does of common sense into the spending and revenue collection process. It would shift the debate from how much we want to spend to how much we have to spend. It is a basic decision faced by every business and family in Tennessee. We do not budget our own spending based on what we want; instead we determine what we can reasonably expect to earn during the upcoming year and then prioritize spending and make choices based on what we can afford.The National Federation of Independent Business, Tennessee Tax Revolt and Americans for Tax Reform back TABOR; the Democratic Party of Tennessee and its entrenched leadership in the state legislature opposes it, as does Gov. Phil Bredesen, who recently exposed his ignorance and/or knee-jerk liberalism on the topic by stating that a similar law in Colorado had been a "disaster" for that state. As I explained here, for Gov. Bredesen's benefit, Colorado's economy vastly outperformed Tennessee's in the decade after Colorado adopted its TABOR amendment, a decade in Tennessee continued on a path of too-rapid spending growth leading inevitably to tax increases. And as I explained here, for Gov. Bredesen's benefit, TABOR remains as popular as ever wit Coloradoans, evidence that they certainly don't view it as having been a disaster. Given his public statements regarding the Colorado TABOR, it is clear that Gov. Bredesen knows almost nothing about it and couldn't win a debate on the topic. Yet he's opposed to it. Why? Because a Tennessee TABOR would limit his ability and the ability of the legislature to raise taxes and increase spending, and expand the involvement of the people of Tennessee in future tax-and-spending decisions. He's against it, as all elites are, because they think they know better than you. Posted in Taxpayers Bill of Rights
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---deleted for foul language and for being off-topic---a post about Tennesee state government is not an open thread for anyone to write about national politics and foreign policy. --- deleted for foul language and for being off topic. Posted by: yeula at April 5, 2005 06:33 PM--deleted for being off-topic--- a post about Tennessee's budget and tax policy is not an open-thread for commentary about the war in Iraq or national budget and tax policy. But, ahem, oh tedious commenter: Most of the billions spent on TennCare were in fact spent under Republican governors. Please stay on-topic, and get your facts straight. Posted by: yeula at April 5, 2005 06:59 PMThe problems with TnCare are most certainly related to national spending, the national debt and to our foreign policies. I suggest without using any foul language that Clinton/Gore gave us a surplus which would have meant that more Federal money would be available for TnCare and Bush and the neo-cons have bankrupted us which means that programs such as TNCare have to be cut. I offer as proof a website showing the National Debt Clock. Google it and see our bankrupt status for yourself. These problems of TNCare cannot be laid at Bredesen's door just so republicans can get political gain. Here are google results that readers can check to see that I am telling the truth and that Mr Hobbs is merely attempting to smear Bredesen. [FLASH] E Loading State by state : The bill for the Iraq war "State-by ... Cost of War Notes and Sources syracuse.com's Printer-Friendly Page Poynter Online - Thursday Edition: Photocopier Remains Jacob J. Lew Testimony to Senate Appropriations Committee, 04/27/1999 Virginia Furthermore the Congress is THIS VERY WEEK voting on more billion dollar appropriations for rebuilding Iraq. Israel has allocated 8 billion dollars for removing settlements in the Gaza and that money is to come from AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. Posted by: yeula at April 6, 2005 03:36 PM Post a comment
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