Taxpayers Speak Out on Election Day 2013

American Legislator ^ | 11-13-13 | Andrew Bender

[ThethoughtsofGreg]

Since there were no federal offices up for election last week and only a handful of statewide races, you may have missed many of the results.

Across the country this election cycle, voters considered raising income and sales taxes, raising the minimum wage, whether or not to add to a state’s current debt level, or to refuse these changes in favor of fiscal responsibility and taxpayer protection. The National Taxpayers Union has put together a great list of the “good, bad, and ugly” of last week’s election.

As NTU reports, some of the most costly tax increases were avoided, while elsewhere sales taxes, minimum wages, and debt increases were approved. We have already noted that Colorado rejected a $1 billion income tax increase by 30 points. In the town of Telluride, Colorado, taxpayers also rejected a downright silly penny-per-ounce soda tax, which would, as it sounds, tax each soda in the state one penny per once.

[publius911]

I was hoping for a much more comprehensive list...

[ThethoughtsofGreg]

I think one of the link in it had a bigger list,

http://www.ntu.org/governmentbytes/ballot-measures-2013-a-mixed.html

[TStro]

Here in Corpus Christi the taxpayers rejected a proposal for Destination Bayfront. It was put together as funded with donations (supposedly by business), but it was revealed late that any “voluntary donation” shortfall (even if the donation was a total of $1) would be subsidised by the taxpayer, and there was nothing for maintenance of the park put into it. Thank you Jim Lago, a local morning radio host, for exposing this.