I was fortunate enough to attend the Tallahassee press conference at which the successor to the Taxpayer Protection Amendment, “Your Dollar, Your Decision”, was unveiled. This proposed constitutional amendment will require that local governments get voter approval if they want to increase government spending faster than the combination of inflation and population growth. This basically says that local politicians cannot expand government past its current level of services (the idealistic view) or its gifts to special interest groups (the cynical and more realistic view) without explaining to the taxpayer why they need more money. This is like the son who runs through his weekly allowance in one day and then asks for more money from his father for the rest of the week. The father rightly would ask what his son did with the allowance already provided to him before giving his son more money.
This amendment is expected to be placed on the 2010 Florida ballot. To make this happen, it will need everyone’s support to get the signatures needed to get it on the ballot. To learn more about “Your Dollar, Your Decision”, check out the following links to web sites and videos that explain what it is about and why you should support it.
National Federation of Independent Business website about “Your Dollar, Your Decision”
National Federation of Independent Business video on “Your Dollar, Your Decision”
