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Hey, your 2021 legislative tax bill comes in at…0
- Newsletter
- June 15, 2021
Breaking news – Under a new Colorado law, gas stations will now be collecting hundreds of millions of dollars for the state government in new taxes. But mercifully, the legislature will still allow them to sell gas on the side. So, the promise of our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) is to get voter consent
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Backgrounder: $617 million in Hidden Taxes from 2021 Session 0
- FISCAL - Issue Backgrounders, FISCAL - Issue Papers
- June 15, 2021
With the 2021 Colorado regular legislative session concluded, lawmakers have approved tax and fee increases on Coloradans of up to $617 million annually without voter consent. The new revenues are enough to give every schoolteacher in Colorado a $11,343.65 per year raise. The tax and fee increases amount to an average of $430 per year
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The Ugliest Legislative Session Ever 0
- Newsletter
- June 9, 2021
The old joke is “100 politicians walk into a bar…and nothing gets done.” Oh, how I wish that were true in Colorado today. I have nearly 30 years of political activism under my belt, fighting on the state and local level to keep Colorado, well, Colorado. Because of this experience, I feel qualified to make
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Regressive Fees Fund Transportation Bill 0
- FISCAL - Publications
- May 18, 2021
Despite being awash with funds from improved revenues and billions of dollars in federal pandemic aid to the state, Democrat legislators have chosen to fund their transportation priorities with regressive new fees that disproportionately impact the poorest Coloradans. The $5.3 billion transportation bill (SB 21-260) working its way through the legislature this week will create approximately $3.8 billion in new
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How The Colorado Transportation Bill Circumvents TABOR and Proposition 117 0
- FISCAL - Publications
- May 17, 2021
Year-after-year, voters continue to send a message to Colorado politicians that they want a chance to vote on tax increases regardless of whether legislators call them “taxes” or “fees.” With this year’s transportation bill (SB 21-260), legislators have found multiple creative ways to disregard the will of the people. Their legal gymnastics to get around
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Denver, Colorado Sales Taxes Increased Without Voter Consent 0
- FISCAL - Issue Backgrounders
- March 12, 2021
Denver’s 2021 budget reveals that the city expects to collect $14 million in new sales tax revenues this year by taking advantage of a 2018 United States Supreme Court ruling for the first time. The State of Colorado began collecting new sales tax revenues under the same scheme in 2019. These tax increases have come
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