taxpayer's bill of rights

By Tim Hoover
The Denver Post

Twenty years after Coloradans approved the most restrictive tax and expenditure limitation in the country, the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights has reshaped state government and sparked debate on similar proposals across the country and now is under greater assault than ever before.

Monica Potts
The American Prospect

By Jason Hoppin
St. Paul, Minn., Pioneer Press
Nov. 5, 2009

After seven years of budget battles, Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday proposed a constitutional amendment to limit state spending.

Under the plan, spending in Minnesota's two-year budgets could not exceed revenues raised during the previous biennium. The impact would be to limit spending, since revenues tend to grow with the economy.

A presentation on the Bell Policy Center's report "Ten Years of TABOR."

A presentation on the Bell Policy Center's report "Ten Years of TABOR."

A presentation on the Bell Policy Center's report "Ten Years of TABOR."