Click on the post for the story in the Janesville Gazette that would expand the same type of caps that are on schools to all levels of government.
Would this work in Wisconsin? You make the call.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
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Am I missing something (wouldn't be the first time!)?
ReplyDeleteI think this is the Son of TABOR amendment that was introduced a few months ago. Not sure why the Gazette isn't recognizing it as that or why they are reporting it like it is somehow new.
Ironically, the normally reliable Gazette completely missed that one of the co-sponsors of the amendment, Republican Alan Lasee, announced that he was withdrawing his support.
Either way - it is an approach that allows legislators to "cut taxes" without having to the hard part - figure out where the cuts go. They leave that up to the local governments to deal with. Great for election campaign soundbites, bad for citizens!
The newest draft is a technical amendment to Bride Of TABOR, the TPA written by Wood and Grothman. The 9 page proposed amendment had to be redone to include sports authorities and sewer districts.
ReplyDeleteThe constant rewriting has finally alienated Frank (not Alan) Lassee of Bellvue to the point that he has withdrawen his support. Lassee was the primary author the last time TABOR went down in flames and is something of a fanatic about it to the point he has a blog only about TABOR. I go there sometimes just to stick a pin in him.
Seth at In Effect has, perhaps, the best tracking of the changes and of the opponents of TPA.
Both of our mayoral candidates and Janis Ringhand have spoken against it. I don't know where Brett Davis stands on the issue but it looks as if it won't come for a vote before the November elections now.
This idea has been floating around Wisconsin for the best part of 8 years without attracting enough support to come to a vote. It's loud and flashy and very nearly unworkable. The Legislative Audit Bureau reckoned the lost revenue if the TPA had been in force for the last 20 years. The average household would have paid on the order of $30 per year in taxes less ofver the 20 years. Not really enough to make it worthwhile.