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Dear Arizona Taxpayer,
Truth in Spending is moving toward the House floor!
Senate Bill 1275, the Truth in Spending reform bill, has advanced in the House Appropriations Committee and now needs to get to the House floor for a final vote before going to the desk of Governor Jan Brewer. Here are three things you can do to pass this important reform:
1) Use our Action Page to send an email to your House members.
2) Send quick thank-you emails to the members of the Appropriations Committee.
3) Send a quick email to Governor Brewer's policy advisors.
ARIZONA NEEDS TRUTH IN SPENDING!
Truth in Spending (SB 1275) would require a special vote if the Legislature wants to increase state spending at a rate that is faster than the rate of growth of state population plus inflation, and would increase budget transparency by requiring the Legislature to give the public two weeks' notice before holding a public hearing on the budget. To read and/or print a fact sheet about SB 1275, go to http://tinyurl.com/truthspend
Truth in Spending will serve as a "speed bump" for future Legislators--letting them know when spending growth outpaces the ability of the state economy to pay for that spending. As this chart shows, if Arizona had stuck to a spending limit based on population plus inflation ("TABOR") since 2003, our deficit problems would not have reached the crisis proportions they reached during the past four years. Truth in Spending can help to keep Arizona from getting back on the spending rollercoaster that destroyed state finances during the Napolitano years.
SB 1275 functions very differently than Rep. Debbie Lesko's statutory spending/revenue limit bill (HB 2791--which we also support). SB 1275 compares state budget growth to the growth of state population plus inflation, rather than a rolling average of past budgets. And SB 1275 functions as a budget transparency measure, relying on an informed and active public to pressure for budget restraint, rather than functioning as an explicit spending/revenue limit.
This is NOT an onerous transparency requirement: every year, dozens of Arizona cities and towns provide their citizens with two weeks' notice before budget and property tax hearings (thanks to the "Truth in Taxation" law). More information about Truth in Spending is available athttp://tinyurl.com/truthspend.
Please forward this email alert to your friends and family members!
To see how the Committee members (and other Legislators) scored on AFP-Arizona's 2011 Legislative Scorecard, along with cumulative scores for past years, click here.
To learn more about AFP-Arizona's 2012 Legislative Agenda, click here.
For Liberty, Tom
Tom Jenney
Arizona Director
Americans for Prosperity
www.aztaxpayers.org
tjenney@afphq.org
(602) 478-0146
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Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. AFP educates and engages citizens to support restraining state and federal government growth and returning government to its constitutional limits. AFP is more than 1.9 million activists strong, with activists in all 50 states. AFP has 34 state chapters and affiliates. More than 90,000 Americans in all 50 states have made a financial contribution to AFP or AFP Foundation. Americans for Prosperity does not support or oppose candidates for public office.
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