That people have to have a chance to vote before taxes can be raised. The second thing that the Taxpayer Bill of Rights does is it sets another equation. And it says that The state government can only spend money based on an equation that incorporates population growth times inflation. Basically what it's trying to do is say, hey, here's the size of government. We want to keep government the same size. We don't want to grow government. (22:11–22:22)
CLAIM
Asserts that Colorado's government spending is limited by population growth and inflation.
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