Bureaucrat's Revenge

When California passed Prop. 13, limiting the California politicians' ability to raise tax money, they promised to cut appropriations . . . for police and fire services, while continuing to support their favorite "pork" programs. When they passed the "Tabor Amendment" in Colorado, doing something similar, they actually created a verb: "To Tabor." Similarly, they promised to cut appropriations, for essential services, and they did. Meanwhile, they blamed every funding problem that came up on Tabor, creating a "straw man" they could blame for everything. Recently, they asked the voters to allow them to keep the money that hasn't been spent because of Tabor and they got it, increasing the fund they could spend by millions. Then in Denver, they passed 13 (count 'em, 13) new tax and spend measures giving Denver alone 5-1/2 BILLION dollars in new taxes. There are constantly new "Tax and spend" measures under "consideration" while the Denver Post buries them.