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Colorado has struggled with the negative impacts of TABOR legislation for the last 12 years and voted to abandon limits on state spending in a state wide referendum.
A "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" Would Mean Significant Cuts in Critial Government Services
If adopted in Pennsylvania taxpayer bill of rights legislation would place caps on state spending that would curtail critical services for children, the poor, and the elderly.
The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center has published a number of analysises of TABOR proposals in in Pennsylvania that document the potential impact of spending cuts
The Facts about the Impact of Spending Caps on Pennsylvania (Adobe PDF).
TABOR Would Have Cut State Spending By Nearly One Quarter in 2005 (Adobe PDF).
Leaving Pennsylvania Behind: Locking in Cuts in State Spending Would Jeopardize Pennsylvania's Future (Adobe PDF).
National Organization Ranks Pennsylvania 33rd in Proposed Spending Growth for FY 07-08
Commonwealth Lags Nation In Spending Increases For Third Straight Year
A report by the National Association of State Budget Officers ranks Pennsylvania’s proposed spending increase 33rd in the county, and places the Governor's proposed 3.6% spending plan below the national average of 4.2 %. Governors of traditionally low spending states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas have proposed larger spending increases than Governor Ed Rendell.
"State government could grind to a halt over what is, by national standards, a modest increase in spending," said Sharon Ward, director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center. "The rhetoric in Harrisburg bears little resemblance to the reality of Pennsylvania spending."