URGENT ACTION ITEM

Dear Arizona Taxpayer,

We are pushing to get the Senate Appropriations Committee to hear the pro-taxpayer Truth in Spending reform bill. Senate Bill 1275, sponsored by Senator Steve Smith (R-Pinal County), 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.

A two-page version of AFP-Arizona's 2012 Legislative Agenda, with a 2012 Legislative Scorecard grading rubric, is available here:

http://static.taxcutsforall.com//files/az12agenda02-06-12.pdf

(Updated February 6, 2012)

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For updates on AFP-Arizona's efforts to pass pro-taxpayer, pro-producer and pro-consumer legislation during the legislative session, check in regularly at www.aztaxpayers.org and get on our email alert list by contacting tjenney@afphq.org and giving us your name, city and zip code.

For a report on the 2011 Legislative Session, click here:

http://static.taxcutsforall.com//files/az2011legrep09-30-11.pdf

Regarding Paula Pennypacker's post on TABOR-style spending limits from the Saturday Republic:

For a moment, let's put aside the question of how much money is wasted, even at current spending levels, in AHCCCS reimbursements and in our K-12 system. For more on the latter, go here.

Let's also leave aside the question of revenue-neutral tax reforms, some of which are very good and worth doing, in our view.