TABOR: Holding Colorado Back, 25 Years Later
November 03, 2017
November 03, 2017
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities issued the following news release:
Twenty-five years ago today, Colorado voters approved the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), a constitutional amendment limiting annual state and local spending and revenue growth to a rigid, arbitrary formula and mandating voter approval of all tax increases, among other restrictions. TABOR proceeded to undermine Colorado's ability to pay for the building blocks of thriving comm . . .
Twenty-five years ago today, Colorado voters approved the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), a constitutional amendment limiting annual state and local spending and revenue growth to a rigid, arbitrary formula and mandating voter approval of all tax increases, among other restrictions. TABOR proceeded to undermine Colorado's ability to pay for the building blocks of thriving comm . . .