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New draft bill to put nail in coffin of coal, make impacted communities dependent on state 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies, ENERGY - Legal, Issues
- April 3, 2017
Warning to the rural Colorado, remember Ronald Reagan’s nine most terrifying words in the English language, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” According to sources, industrial wind supporters and Xcel Energy are floating another Colorado version of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) titled “Colorado Energy Impact Assistance Act.” A better working titleREAD MORE
Caldara’s Newsletter 03-09-17 0
- Newsletter
- March 9, 2017
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
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House Bill 1187: Why should state government get to spend more just because people work more?0
- Fiscal, FISCAL - Opinion Editorials
- March 7, 2017
Increasing state spending as population grows assumes that larger populations require more government services. This may not always be the case, but it at least refrains from taxing people simply because they work harder.
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Caldara’s Newsletter 03-03-17 0
- Issues
- March 3, 2017
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
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Why date rapists hate TABOR 0
- Fiscal, FISCAL - Opinion Editorials
- February 28, 2017
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
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Corporate groups squeal about ending corporate welfare 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive
- February 27, 2017
Rumors are swirling around the Capitol that corporate lobbyists are lining up in opposition to SB17-188, the repeal of the state income tax credit for “innovative vehicles.” It isn’t surprising. Whenever their place at the taxpayer trough is threatened, they squeal like a ____ (fill in the blank). We call SB17-188 “repeal and repair” because instead
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