TABOR III? TABOR IV?

Yesterday, Republican Senators Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls) and Ron Brown (R-Eau Claire) introduced a third version of TABOR – the “Tax Relief Today” plan. Their version touts a good title as well, but I’m sure the details are just as fuzzy as the first two TABORS.

And we hear there is a possible TABOR IV out there, reducing the TABOR II eight page document which would be added to our 52 page constitution to a paragraph. Yes, that is some editing job. The word is that the plan would ask if the legislature should have a spending cap, and if passed, require a future legislature to enact such a proposal.

Boy that sounds a lot like the Democratic health care proposal that the GOP has been trashing all session.

Rumor has it that it may be offered to the closed Assembly Republican caucus, reportedly meeting at 10:00am today.

Hey GOPpers, I have a suggestion for a version of TABOR for you. How bout you just close the state coffers to every special interest that winks at you and limit spending in the next budget? Or is that hard to do in an election year?