For those of you who live in Florida(you could be outside of Florida and still help) and you want to limit Florida's spending here's a good opportunity.
In Florida every 20 years a committee is formed by appointed officials to discuss tax reform and they review proposals to amend the state constitution. If they decide to anything they pass will be put onto the November ballot in the election as an amendment to the constitution. No approval from the legislature or Supreme Court is necessary.
The Americans for Prosperity along with several organizations like the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida and James Madison Institute with Ron Paul supporters have drafted an amendment called the Taxpayer Protection Amendment (Constitutional Proposal 45 or CP 45). What it does is:
- Forces politicians on the state and local to get voter approval for ANY tax or fee increase. This way you can make sure that you get a level of government that you can afford. Citizens can determine for themselves which new, unplanned government projects to approve.
- Ties revenue/spending increases to inflation and population growth. This insures that government spending will not run rampant. This measure also smoothes over the business cycle and prevents unnecessary future budget cuts.
- Mandates that surplus revenue must be refunded or credited to the taxpayers, instead of just being wastefully spent.
- Increases fiscal responsibility by forcing politicians to set up a budget stabilization fund, in the event of a revenue decline. This also helps to prevent unnecessary future budget cuts.
- Allows politicians to set aside these rules in the event of a natural disaster or emergency. If a catastrophe occurs, politicians will be able to respond appropriately.
So essentially the budget can't grow faster than the economy without approval by voters. This will stop politicians from raising taxes without your permission.
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Today Thursday March 6 the TBRC is meeting to discuss whether or not to pass this amendment and put it on the ballot. This is the second meeting on it, it passed unanimously the first time now different committee members will vote on it. If it passes today it will still be discussed more but will very likely make it to the ballot.
To ensure that it passes you can email the committee members with your concerns and that you support the amendment. The committee also has the ability to change the amendment so tell them you want the amendment as it is without any changes. or whatever you think about the amendment
http://floridatbrc.com/email.php?rp=bm&id=9
http://floridatbrc.com/email.php?rp=bm&id=13
http://floridatbrc.com/email.php?rp=bm&id=4
http://floridatbrc.com/email.php?rp=bm&id=15
http://floridatbrc.com/email.php?rp=bm&id=20
http://floridatbrc.com/email.php?rp=bm&id=22
They will be meeting today from 1:30 pm - 6 pm so email them as soon as possible. It only takes a few minutes and can be short.
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State Chairman Dan Quiggle had an op/ed regarding the Taxpayer Protection Amendment that ran statewide
Video of State Director Adam Guillette’s speech from the Summit
Actual text of Amendment
http://floridatbrc.com/pdf/CP0045.pdf
TBRC analysis of amendment
http://floridatbrc.com/pdf/CP0045Analysis3_4_08.pdf
Short Explanation of Amendment
http://www.americansforprosperity.or...=4572&state=fl
Defending the American Dream Summit promoting the amendment
http://www.libertysentinel.org/artic...icandream.html
News on the amendment
http://capwiz.com/americansforprospe...BPG/1788157506
The Case for the Taxpayer Protection Amendment- James Madison Institute
http://www.jamesmadison.org/pdf/materials/612.pdf
http://floridataxpayer.blogspot.com/
http://www.rlcfl.org/
http://www.libertysentinel.org
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