It’s probably for the best that the federal government has no express means for voter-led initiatives and referendums. Who know what kind of mischief and contradictory policy might emerge when interest groups across the generations might have sought to circumvent the process.

Actually, there is a way to get an idea. Look at Colorado.

When lawmakers in 1982 couldn’t come up with a solution to issues of rising residential property taxes, they punted, sending a ballot issue to the voters that now is known as the Gallagher Amendment.

When lawmakers in 1992 couldn’t assure voters that they would remain fiscally prudent with tax rates, voters responded by passing the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.

Read more at The Loveland Reporter-Herald.