May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- Constitution, CONSTITUTION - Article V, CONSTITUTION - Uncategorized
- September 12, 2013
“Progressives” advertise themselves as opposed to hate. Yet in my experience, some of them are very good haters.
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READ MOREColorado’s governor, Jared Polis, champions increasing state revenue by eliminating provisions of the tax code that benefit special interests—what state budgeters call “tax expenditures.” Rather than use the new money to grow government or redistribute surplus revenue through tax handouts and Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) refunds, however, the governor argues the state should use
READ MOREIn 1992, Colorado voters adopted the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) to limit the growth in state and local spending. Over the past three decades, however, politicians from both parties and a complicit judicial branch have exempted more and more state spending from the TABOR limit. When voters adopted TABOR, 67% of state spending was
READ MORELast year, Independence Institute’s fiscal policy center published a 67-page report detailing every change made to state tax expenditures over Gov. Polis’s first term in office. This year, the legislature has proposed around two dozen new bills to further expand tax expenditures by over $600 million dollars in FY2024-25 alone, with more in future years.
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