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Colorado TABOR

Voter-approval tax limits with a ratchet flaw.

Fiscal / Taxes / PensionsBallot MeasureLiberty check

C · 14/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Require voter approval for tax/spending growth.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics cite a downturn ratchet.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

Referendum C (2005) let the state keep ~$3.6B after the ratchet bit in a recession.

4 · Liberty check

Direct fiscal control vs. service stability.

5 · The real tradeoff

Real constraint, real ratchet problem.

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