Monday, 8 March 2004

Why liberals should support a Taxpayers' Bill of Rights

Bill Hobbs takes his advocacy of a taxpayers’ bill of rights for Tennessee to its liberal opponents, with five reasons why liberals should support TaBOR:

  1. TaBOR will cause the state to manage its resources more wisely and set priorities – reducing wasteful spending.
  2. TaBOR will shield existing programs from deep cuts during future economic downturns.
  3. TaBOR will foster more grassroots political involvement and encourage better communication between citizens and their elected representatives.
  4. TaBOR will foster more trust and confidence in government.
  5. TaBOR will make it easier to pass a state income tax.

Arguably, the first four are good reasons for anyone to support TaBOR; regardless, go and read the whole thing.