Voters were making laws last week as well as choosing lawmakers. On the ballots of 38 states were hundreds of referendums, giving voters an opportunity to speak out on a variety of issues.
Tax and government-spending questions dominated the plebiscites. Almost everywhere, the antitax forces won. Idaho and Nevada placed constitutional ceilings on property taxes, and Arizona limited state spending to 7% of its residents' total personal income. Texans not only cut property taxes by about $500 million, but also barred their legislators from increasing outlays faster than the state's economic growth....