TABOR - Independence Institute

VIDEO: Legislature Steals TABOR Refunds, Pays Off Special Interests 0
- FISCAL - Featured, Issues
- May 2, 2023
Last year, Independence Institute’s fiscal policy center published a 67-page report detailing every change made to state tax expenditures over Gov. Polis’s first term in office. This year, the legislature has proposed around two dozen new bills to further expand tax expenditures by over $600 million dollars in FY2024-25 alone, with more in future years.
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Bishop: CO Legislature using TABOR refunds to pay for special interest tax benefits 0
- FISCAL - Opinion Editorials
- April 25, 2023
With the public distracted by gun control, abortion, and other hot-button issues, the Democrat-controlled Colorado legislature is quietly advancing nearly two dozen bills to redistribute your taxpayer refund to special interests. The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) in Colorado’s Constitution requires the state to refund excess tax revenue back to taxpayers. The state cannot spend this surplus
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VIDEO: Colorado Property Tax Video Series 0
- Fiscal
- April 4, 2023
Under current law, residential property taxes are set to increase by over 30 percent on average across Colorado. Such increases will come as a shock to homeowners who until recently were protected from large property tax increases like this by the Gallagher Amendment in the state constitution. Renters will see the impact of the tax
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The “Tax on Sacks:” More on Colorado’s stupid plastic bag law 0
- Constitution
- February 3, 2023
The tax on sacks illustrates how power-freaks have highjacked Colorado.
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Five fiscal policy issues to watch in the 2023 legislative session 0
- FISCAL - Opinion Editorials
- December 7, 2022
Voters gave Colorado Democrats a decisive victory in this year’s state races, yet they also passed Independence Institute’s income tax cut by approving Proposition 121. While they elect left-of-center candidates, they continue to expect low taxes and fiscal restraint by their government. As recently as 2018, Republicans controlled the Colorado senate and served as a
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The ‘progressive’ Democrat who pretends he’s a libertarian 0
- Constitution
- October 16, 2022
It is difficult to imagine a more anti-libertarian step than moving small children away from their parents and turning them over to the state.
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