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	<title>Peoples Press Collective &#187; Colorado Amendment 59</title>
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		<title>Vote No on Amendment 59</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T.L. James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colorado Amendment 59]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[59]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diana Hsieh lays out the arguments for voting against Amendment 59, the TABOR-killing tax increase. In short, the ballot measure so saccharinely named &#8220;SAFE - Savings Account For Education&#8221; is a permanent tax increase, making an end-run around TABOR to provide yet more funding for state-operated K-12 education while employing the &#8220;lotto effect&#8221; (a dollar-for-dollar offset from the general fund) to increase state [...]]]></description>
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<p>Diana Hsieh lays out the arguments for voting against<a href="http://www.voteno59.com/" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.voteno59.com%2F','Amendment+59%2C+the+TABOR-killing+tax+increase.')" target="_blank"> Amendment 59, the TABOR-killing tax increase.</a> In short, the ballot measure so saccharinely named &#8220;SAFE - Savings Account For Education&#8221; is a permanent tax increase, making an end-run around TABOR to provide <em>yet more</em> funding for state-operated K-12 education while employing the &#8220;lotto effect&#8221; (a dollar-for-dollar offset from the general fund) to increase state spending in non-education areas.</p>
<p>NoStateTaxHike.com provides <a href="http://www.nostatetaxhike.com/ECO/ECOcontent.php?it=148&amp;rt=gen" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nostatetaxhike.com%2FECO%2FECOcontent.php%3Fit%3D148%26amp%3Brt%3Dgen','more+information+on+Amendment+59')" target="_blank">more information on Amendment 59</a>, and <a href="http://strikeabetterbalance.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=145&amp;Itemid=26" onclick="return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fstrikeabetterbalance.com%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26amp%3Bview%3Darticle%26amp%3Bid%3D145%26amp%3BItemid%3D26','NoMoreBlankChecks.com')" target="_blank">NoMoreBlankChecks.com </a>presents the NO position from a TABOR-centric perspective.</p>
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