Summary
Republican Gov. Bill Owens of Colorado says he led the state's largest tax-relief package in its history, cutting sales, personal- income and capital-gains taxes while eliminating the marriage penalty. Conservative publications admire him, according to his web site, with plaudits from the Wall Street Journal, the Economist and by columnist Robert Novak. National Review magazine called him "the best governor in America." But Gov. Owens has a problem called TABOR.
TABOR is Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, a constitutional provision approved 13 years ago that limits revenues to state government, with revenues collected beyond its cap sent back to voters unless voters approve a measure to exceed the cap. According to the Denver Post, Colorado's state services have been ravaged in recent years, and under TABOR those services would have to be further cut even while sending $476 million back to taxpayers. Gov. Owens' spokesman, Dan Hopkins, told the Post, "For the first time, TABOR has become the problem."See the full content of this document
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Tabling Tabor
The solution, the governor's office urges, is for voters to pass Referendum C, which woul...
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