Observers: Loss by TABOR showing trust
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Portland Press Herald: People rarely have nice things to say about politicians. But Tuesday's lopsided defeat of Question 4 revealed that the vast majority of Maine voters trust their elected officials, political observers said Wednesday.
Voters rejected the so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights 60 percent to 40 percent. It was the third time in five years that Maine voters rejected a proposed tax-and-spending cap. Despite widespread frustration with Maine's tax burden, voters appear skeptical of formula-based tax and spending caps like those in some large states, such as Colorado and California, said Ron Schmidt, an associate professor of political science at the University of Southern Maine.
In Maine, where most communities have a town meeting form of government and constituents have easy access to their representatives in the Legislature, people are less alienated from government than they are in larger states, he said. Question 4 would have imposed spending limits on the state and local governments by using a formula based on population and inflation.
At the local level, the cap would have been based on average personal income growth and forecast inflation. At the state and local levels, voters' approval would have been required to exceed spending limits or raise taxes.
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