KANSANS KNOW KANSAS BEST.

Kansas organizations and community leaders publicly oppose tax and expenditure limitations like TABOR.

Find out why.

_______________


LEARN MORE.

Want to know more about how TELs and TABOR affect the Kansas way of life?

Contact us.

TELs and TABOR would have a harmful effect on nearly every aspect of the Kansas way of life - from our schools and roads, to our local businesses and public safety. Organizations, funded by out-of-state special interest dollars, are working in Kansas to push for Constitutional and legislative changes to limit state expenditures and revenues. They say such radical measures are needed to curb "out-of-control" state spending and reduce taxes. But, their claims are contradicted by the facts.

Our state spending rate has held steady for three decades.
From 1974 to 2004, state spending as a percentage of personal income averaged 5.4%. And, in 2006, spending was 5.4%. In other words, spending today is the same as the average of the last 30 years.

Kansas is among the most fiscally-responsible states.
According to the U.S. Census, Kansas' per capita state spending ranks low in comparison of all 50 states. Kansas ranked 38th in per capita state spending in 2004, the last year that the U.S. Census published such a ranking.

Kansas taxes rank in the middle.
According to U.S. Census data, by several measures, our state ranks in the middle in terms of taxes when compared with all other states. Moreover, state and local taxes as a share of personal income are the same today as they were in 1970, and the ratio has held steady since that time.

F A C T   S H E E T S

The following fact sheets, produced by the Coalition for a Prosperous Kansas, summarize the effects TABOR would have on the primary aspects of our lives:

• Business
• Education
• Health care
• Public safety
  

 P U B L I C A T I O N S

• Limiting Growth and Democracy: Why TABOR is bad for Kansas
  (executive summary) - Fiscal Focus Initiative
  
  
• Limiting Growth and Democracy: Why TABOR is bad for Kansas
  (full report) - Fiscal Focus Initiative
  
  
• A State of Decline: What a TABOR Would Mean for Kansas - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  
  
• False Promise of Prosperity: For Kansas Economic Growth, TABOR May Do More Harm than Good - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  
  
• A "Super" Bad Idea: Requiring a Two-THird Legislative Supermajority to Raise Taxes Protects Special Interest Tax Breaks and Gives Budget Veto Power to a Small Minority of Legislators - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  

 V I D E O S

• The Real Story Behind TABOR (shortened version, 9 minutes)
  
  
• The Real Story Behind TABOR (full-length version, 13.5 minutes)