TABOR lessons for Republicans
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Gregory Stanford has a column today on the Bride of TABOR that should catch the eye of Republicans. He outlines some of the lessons that Colorado's experience with TABOR should teach us by listing some of the fiscal and political side effects.
The fiscal side effects should catch the eye of Wisconsin residents - state funds to universities took nose dive which caused the tuition to jump and the faculty to jump ship, child-immunization rates fell to last in the nation, roads went to hell and the economy took a nose dive.
But it's the political side effects that should cause nightmares for Wisconsin Republicans. The Democrats took control of the legislature for the first time in 30 years!
Even the Denver Chamber of Commerce, a group that usually leans Republican, abandoned them on TABOR and took an active role in pushing TABOR back. Their reason?
Tom Clark, executive vice president of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce: "For businesses to be successful, you need roads and you need higher education, both of which have gotten worse under TABOR and will continue to get worse."We'll need them here too. Think Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce will reconsider their support? I'll keep watching for the flying pigs in hope.
posted by whatsleftwi @ 8:44 PM
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WMC is so out of touch with reality. It's members will get it sooner or later.
There seems to be some sort of virus ifecting Madison's political water. Is it contagious?
Let’s have concealed carry because everyone else does.
Let’s ban gay marriage because everyone else does.
Let’s mount a dense against charges of legislative abuse of power because everyone did it.
Let’s have a phony taxpayer bill of something or other because everyone else has or wants one.
Would that we could have national health insurance because every other country with an ounce of sense has it.
Molliemous -
Lots of those same countries also have flat tax programs, school choice, and semi-private social insurance programs...
Would that we could emulate every other country with an ounce of sense...
Well, immitation is the highest form of flattery.
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