TABOR lessons for Republicans

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Gregory Stanford has a column today on the Bride of TABOR that should catch the eye of Republicans. He outlines some of the lessons that Colorado's experience with TABOR should teach us by listing some of the fiscal and political side effects.

The fiscal side effects should catch the eye of Wisconsin residents - state funds to universities took nose dive which caused the tuition to jump and the faculty to jump ship, child-immunization rates fell to last in the nation, roads went to hell and the economy took a nose dive.

But it's the political side effects that should cause nightmares for Wisconsin Republicans. The Democrats took control of the legislature for the first time in 30 years!

Even the Denver Chamber of Commerce, a group that usually leans Republican, abandoned them on TABOR and took an active role in pushing TABOR back. Their reason?

Tom Clark, executive vice president of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce: "For businesses to be successful, you need roads and you need higher education, both of which have gotten worse under TABOR and will continue to get worse."

We'll need them here too. Think Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce will reconsider their support? I'll keep watching for the flying pigs in hope.