There is some reason to believe that Coloradans have grown even more wary of handing the state government a blank check.
When it comes to state fiscal policy, actions speak louder than words. In Colorado, officials talked about saving the children with Amendment 66. Their actions suggest the real goal was
The union and billionaire contributions to grow government coffers may have been in the blueprint, but that outcome certainly wasn’t.
The union and billionaire contributions to grow government coffers may have been in the blueprint, but that outcome certainly wasn’t.
The current school finance act is 20 years old and needs to be updated, and one certainly can make the case that schools need some level of increased funding. However, SB 213 and Amendment 66 are not the solutions, especially not at this time.
Colorado Concern had already deemed the tiered income tax in the measure as a non-starter.
The nearly $1 billion personal income tax hike known as Amendment 66 would not only burden Colorado’s economy for the next three decades by killing jobs–as a recent study from
The nearly $1 billion personal income tax hike known as Amendment 66 would not only burden Colorado’s economy for the next three decades by killing jobs–as a recent study from
Apparently the first lesson that supporters of Amendment 66—the massive tax hike for government schools—wish to impart on Colorado’s children is how to use misleading statistics to distort the facts.
A narrow majority–52 percent–called for the repeal of the state’s “controversial” 15 round magazine limit.
There are many reasons to reject this issue.
Colorado’s Amendment 66—the billion dollar tax hike—is a constitutional monstrosity.
