Jon Caldara from “The Independence Institute” posted this the other day. Reprinted with permission, and some commentary.
- Tabor only gave you back money that the state took in excess from your paycheck.
- Tabor is what kept Colorado’s head above water when the rest of the country went broke during the last economic down turn.
- Those big returns assured that you didn’t underpay taxes and all the untoward things that go along with that.
Florida Pondering TABOR-esque Law
Want to help Floridians enjoy the benefits of TABOR type legislation? Well, all you have to do is write one email outlining how TABOR has positively effected your life. Here is the low down from Amy Oliver:
“Our conservative brethren in Florida need our help and time is of the essence. Right now TABOR type legislation is being debated by a special Constitutional committee comprised of 25 private citizens, not elected officials. They have the power to put a positive version of TABOR on the ballot as a proposed amendment to the state constitution. The proposal is called the “Taxpayer Protection Amendment” or CP-45. The vote will be on Friday so if you could take just a few minutes to email (email address is below) Florida’s Constitutional committee about how TABOR has been beneficial in Colorado and send this email/suggestion along to some of your friends to do the same it would help both Florida and Colorado.
The ideal letters should be personal testimonials of how a revenue cap and voter approval has helped them. They don’t even necessarily need to mention the word “TABOR”, since we’re marketing this proposal as ‘different from TABOR’. Basically, if citizens can communicate that TABOR has been beneficial to taxpayers and the state that is the objective.
Please send an email to:
frier.nancy@leg.state.fl.us
Thank you for your help.”
Your input is critical because as Ben DeGrow points out, the opposition will be in full on spin and distort mode. Do you blame them? How difficult the task to argue against citizens keeping more of their own money.
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April 8, 2008 at 10:25
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