Founders’ Night 2017 Video
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Caldara’s Newsletter 03-23-17
Lately, I have felt very loved by the editorial section of the Denver Post! Regarding our proposal to force the state legislature to do their damn jobs and Fix Our Damn Roads by re-prioritizing an obscene, unimaginable 2% of the budget towards roads, the editorial board wrote, “What our bungled state budget doesn’t need is […]
Transparency is for government, privacy is for people
by Jon Caldara On Nov. 27, 2015, Robert Lewis Dear Jr., a self-described “warrior for the babies,” arrived at the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood armed with a semi-automatic rifle. By the time the police had him in custody, he had killed three and injured nine. So, here’s a question worth pondering. How much worse could it […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 03-17-17
You might be reading this on your smartphone while stuck in traffic. How is that possible? The short answer is because the state refuses to prioritize transportation in the budget. Medicaid expansion, crony handouts to Hollywood film makers and Tesla owners, and building bike paths get funded instead. Still, Colorado’s governor and state legislature show […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 03-09-17
With Republican help, the Colorado legislature is cooking up a plan to raise our sales tax over 21% for transportation and transit even though polls show support at the ballot box at only 40%. How are Republicans getting rolled like this? To answer that we need to take a step back in time. When the […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 03-03-17
When you’ve been rejected by as many women as I have, you’d think being rejected by the US Supreme Court wouldn’t hurt. We asked the high court to restore our First Amendment right to free speech, which was taken from us by McCain-Feingold. The Wall Street Journal explained the merits of our case well here. By […]
Why date rapists hate TABOR
by Jon Caldara The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights does NOT limit tax and spending. In fact, TABOR allows Colorado governments, all 3,700 of them, to rake in and keep unlimited amounts of money and heap unlimited amounts of debt upon your children. It requires you merely be asked first. That’s it. Ask first. You won’t […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 02-24-17
As I write this, we are anxiously awaiting word from the US Supreme Court on whether or not they will hear our challenge of McCain-Fiengold disclosure laws. Our question is: Do we lose our First Amendment right of free speech just because an election is within 90 days. Should the calendar trump free speech? (See, […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 02-17-17
We have the best investors in the world! Of course, our operation runs on money. But we’re the Independence Institute, so we also run on political incorrectness, inappropriate jokes, and workday drinking. Get this: Different supporters came in today, at different times, to give me three different bottles of scotch whiskey! I’m sure that happens […]
The symbolic problem with Donald Trump’s pen
by Jon Caldara President Barack Obama used his “pen and telephone” to get around Congress. President Donald Trump’s pen is so powerful it causes street protests every time he signs an executive order with it. So, what is this pen? Per a CNN story, the Trump White House, like every previous administration since the 1970s, […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 02-08-17 “Patriots Stink”
Fine, fine, they’re the greatest football team of all time. I just wish there was a way to deflate the Lombardi trophy. ‘Nuff said. Your friendly freedom fighters at the Independence Institute have been busy running back and forth between the Freedom Embassy and the Colorado Capitol building testifying on behalf of several different laws […]
Caldara’s Newsletter 02-02-17 “She’s Back”
Our esteemed Executive Vice President, Amy Oliver Cooke, has returned from the Trump star-chamber to bless us with her presence once again. With President Trump’s inauguration comes the end of her work on the EPA transition team. We’re all treating her with the deference she demands because she says she can get us all deported […]
