关于投票的辩论是60、61和101的辩论。根据宣传,选民应:
• Vote yes to punish government at all levels for more than $1 billion in higher taxes and fees enacted without a vote of the people by Gov. Ritter and statehouse Democrats.
•或投票否,因为“丑陋的3”会引发选民批准的衰退,并使成千上万的人失业。

Frankly, both of those arguments are overwrought. All three measures offer some policy changes that voters should like—offset by a monkey-wrench provision that makes each measure hard to swallow.

修正案60将允许公民向任何地方政府申请减少财产税,并要求在11月举行这些选举,而不是在很少有人投票的情况下在某些晦涩的日期举行。

然后,修正案60增加了一项荒谬的规定,以减少当地的财产税,该税将当地学校降低50%,在下一次呼吸中,要求该州神奇地向当地学校偿还损失的资金。

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K-12教育已经消耗了州普通基金预算的45%或31亿美元,占当地学校运营成本的62%。18luck.cub当地的财产所有者直接向自己的学区支付余额,另外20亿美元。

该州根本没有额外的10亿美元隐藏在桌面抽屉中。此外,除了卫生保健外,10亿美元的价格将大于其他部门的总通用基金支出。

Amendment 61 would prohibit the state from borrowing money for any reason, even with voter approval. Currently, the state is prohibited from borrowing against general tax revenues, but may, with voter approval, issue bonds to be repaid from a specific source—such as a special tax approved by voters. Local governments and school districts could take on voter-approved debt only if it were financed for 10 years or less.

For anyone who believes government should operate like a business, this mandates just the opposite. Imagine if a business couldn’t open a new store unless it could pay cash for the entire cost. If home mortgage contracts were limited to 10 years, monthly payments would double. Interest savings are exaggerated because interest is simply the price paid to use a lender’s money while immediately benefiting from the purchase.

修正案61还将毫无意义地终止国家财政部的无利息贷款计划,以帮助当地学区减轻临时现金流短缺。州政府有问题,但该计划不是其中之一。

对于那些认为纳税人权利法案通常是良好政策的人来说,这也令人震惊地说,有60和61是对塔博尔的修正案。这些特殊性的萨迪林·塔博尔(Saddling Tabor)就像搭便着秘书处一样。

如果提案101仅废除了民主党的车辆费用增加 - 2010 - 11年度为1.65亿美元,或者是后门财产税的增加,1.55亿美元 - 值得支持。但是,道具101在第一年就不得分,将税收和费用增加了7.44亿美元,随着时间的流逝三倍。

为了进行比较,州收入和营业税每年产生约70亿美元;添加所有其他收入为塔博尔(Tabor),总收入为93亿美元。因此,道具101将在第一年授权减少8%,这是经济衰退已经压制的预算。

想要证据表明国家预算相对瘦吗?考虑到,即使民主党的费用和税收加息,塔博尔(Tabor)的支出实际上下降了6亿美元。从2001年到2010年,州一级支出从人均2,237美元下降到2,211美元,并根据通货膨胀进行了调整。自塔博尔(Tabor)于1992年通过以来,科罗拉多州的税收负担已从第23位降至第34位。

民主党立法者通过并在最高法院获得自由主义者批准的对后门税收加的最佳回应是将他们投票出任,而不是将三根炸药扔进州和地方政府。

Mark Hillman served as Colorado state treasurer and senate majority leader. To read more or comment, go towww.MarkHillman.com