Fiscal Policy Center

Amendment 78: Accountability and Transparency For Custodial Funds 0
- FISCAL - Issue Backgrounders
- October 27, 2021
Topline Summary: Under current law, the governor or executive branch officials can unilaterally allocate certain funds which originate from outside of the state—known as custodial funds—often with little or no oversight. Amendment 78 would democratize the process of allocating custodial funds by requiring the general assembly to appropriate such funds after a public hearing. If
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Supplemental Unemployment Payment is Hurting Colorado’s Economy 0
- FISCAL - Opinion Editorials
- July 9, 2021
Published by The Gazette, July 4, 2021 By Paul Prentice, Ph.D. One of the most important principles of Economics is that people respond to incentives. You get more of whatever you incentivize. You get less of whatever you disincentivize. This is irrefutable. The supplemental unemployment payment does both – it incentivizes people not
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Climate Suit Would Hurt Colorado 0
- Fiscal
- November 17, 2020
Originally Published in The Pueblo Chieftain – August 23, 2020 Boulder County, San Miguel County, and the City of Boulder have lawsuits against the Oil and Gas industry. They allege environmental damage and climate change from carbon emissions related to the industry. Perhaps there is such damage, and perhaps not. I am not writing to
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Proposition 116 Facts 0
- Fiscal
- October 14, 2020
DID YOU KNOW PROPOSITION 116… IS A SIMPLE, FAIR TAX CUT FOR ALL INCOME TAX PAYERS This is an income tax cut of .08% for ALL income tax payers, from 4.63% to 4.55%. Everyone who pays income taxes will receive the exact same tax cut in proportion with what they pay. IS SUPPORTED BY GOVERNOR
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