727 East 16th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80203
Main Phone: 303.279.6535
General Email: info@i2i.org
We educate and inform citizens, legislators, opinion-makers and the media about Freedom: individual Freedom, economic Freedom and journalistic Freedom. Since 1985, we’ve put ideas into action through groundbreaking legislation, coalition-building, ballot initiatives and investigative reporting. We are dedicated to advancing policy that protects and advances Freedom.
Copyright 2025 Independence Institute
COMPLETECOLORADO.COM
Did you know we have a news site? At Complete Colorado, we aggregate the most important news from around Colorado and also feature original reporting. Our investigative journalists bring you stories the mainstream media won’t cover. From Grand Junction to Limon, Complete Colorado has you covered. Check us out!
MOST RECENT
Tax Increase for Basically Everyone in Colorado
Read More »New Supreme Court Case Reopens Question About the 2020 Presidential Election
Read More »The Bracket Creep Case Against Colorado’s Initiative 195 Tax Hike
Read More »Proposition NN and Initiative 195: Unlikely to Solve Colorado’s Education Challenges
Read More »Independence Institute Comments on 3rd Proposition NN Draft Analysis
Read More »Independence Institute Comments on 3rd Initiative 195 Draft Analysis
Read More »Right to Natural Gas Makes the Ballot
Read More »Another Colorado Attack on the First Amendment Goes to the Supreme Court
Read More »‘Bracket Creep’ Awaits Coloradans Under Progressive Income Tax
Read More »Colorado’s Diminishing Returns on K-12 Education Spending
Read More »Transportation Policy
Share
Transportation Policy
Because $117 Billion Wasn’t Expensive Enough
In 2010, Amtrak proposed to spend $117 billion to upgrade its Boston-to-Washington high-speed rail corridor. This idea was so unrealistically expensive that the Antiplanner called it “gold-plated high-speed rail.” Apparently, Amtrak wants platinum plating instead, as its 2012 update to the proposal has raised the cost to $151 billion. This includes some additional bells and […]