[Vince Ferrer]

The way I understand it Colorado has the Tabor amendment which limits tax increases. How can this run around that?

[ebersole]

Tax increases must be put to the voters. There aren’t limits per se as long as the voters approve the increase. The government loves to get around the “tax” voter requirement by calling items “fees”. I saw a lot of sheeple coming out of the local post office where the petitions were being signed. I sat reading my mail for 20 minutes with the window down, and not one person asked the petitioner how this would be paid for. They just signed away. I live in a predominantly “conservative” town. Sad that people felt so compelled to sign their name to something without even a pause.

[cookcounty]

"The way I understand it Colorado has the Tabor amendment which limits tax increases. How can this run around that?"

Any tax increase would have to be on the ballot, the voters have to directly approve. There's no way it would pass. And it isn't "Colorado" that's wanting to go to this system, it's 156,000 morons in Colorado who signed the petition to get it on the ballot (in other words, about 5% of eligible voters).

It's just Boulder people and a few nuts in Denver blowing smoke (haha, get it?)