I have posted the text of an article I wrote describing and
analyzing the 1% initiative. It appears on the onepercent homepage
<http://www.uidaho.edu/~scooke/onepercent/>
in the education and background information section.
I conclude that the current Idaho property tax system is unfair but
that the 1% initiative does not address the unfairness except to the
extent that there would be proportionately less reliance on the property tax.
It would appear that the objective of the 1% Initiative is to use
people's dissatisfaction w/ property taxes to cut government services at the
state and local level.
Steve Cooke
Associate Professor
Dept. of Ag. Economics & Rural Soc.
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83843
http://www.uidaho.edu/~scooke/onepercent
208-885-7170 (phone)
208-885-5759 (fax)