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June 19, 2006

TABOR Resource Site

While conducting research I discovered this excellent site all about the TABOR initiative that is currently circulating in several states, including Oregon. "TABOR" stands for Taxpayer Bill of Rights, but here in Oregon, the initiative's backers have changed its moniker and now prefer to call it "The Rainy Day Amendment" so it will sound more palatable.

Interestingly, TABOR backers everywhere, just like here in Oregon, are claiming the issue is a spontaneously local one, but all are being funded by the same group of organizations.

At the forefront are Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform and Americans for Limited Government -- an organization closely associated with U.S. Term Limits and the Club for Growth, a PAC famous for its nastiness in fighting for a right-wing economic agenda.

A publication from the Heartland Institute a year ago highlighted these organizations, as well as such high profile far-right institutions as The Heritage Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council as being the major players behind the pro-TABOR movement, notwithstanding the local puppets' claims that the idea is homegrown.

The site has state-by-state informational links and great explanations of why it's a bad idea to link the growth in government spending to increases in population and inflation. I highly recommend you take a gander. It's quite an enlightening clearinghouse of information.

Posted by Becky at June 19, 2006 06:00 PM