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Isn’t is at least nice to be asked?0
- Events, Newsletter, TABOR
- August 27, 2018
I mean, being able to say, “thanks, but no,” is such an empowering thing. Just ask all the women who keep turning me down. Well, that’s what Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights does. It requires government to ASK YOUR CONSENT before raising taxes or debt. Sadly, the courts have created so many ways around asking
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The big winner tonight is… TABOR!0
- Newsletter, Politics, TABOR
- June 27, 2018
As I’m watching the numbers roll in tonight from Colorado’s primary elections, I just had to tell you what the news might not pick up on, even if they noticed it. The big winner in tonight’s Republican Primary is our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. You might recall last year several weak-kneed Republicans in the state
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Get to the Punchline 0
- Newsletter
- June 14, 2018
Sometimes you can skip right to the punchline and the joke still works: …and then the horse said, “Holy Crap! It’s a talking dog!” …if that’s my thermometer, where’s my pen? …if I could walk that way I wouldn’t need the talcum powder. …$20, same as downtown. …I don’t have to outrun the bear, just
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Hitting the road to celebrate consent 0
- Newsletter, TABOR
- June 5, 2018
Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby are finally coming to terms for their crimes. I believe this is an important moment for justice as well as the #MeToo movement, a movement that could be summed up in one word – consent. Consent is at the heart of all our work here at Independence. We know when
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Colorado Supreme Court issues 2nd anti-TABOR decision in less than a month—showing why we need reform!0
- Constitution, CONSTITUTION - TABOR, Issues
- May 24, 2018
The Colorado Supreme Court has continued its demolition campaign against the Colorado Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) with a new decision further restricting the people’s right to vote on tax increases. This latest decision comes less than a month after the court held the people have no right to vote on a law that re-adjusted sales
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Colorado’s Supreme Court has once again weakened taxpayers’ rights 0
- Constitution, CONSTITUTION - TABOR, The Hill
- May 1, 2018
Each anti-TABOR court decision has become precedent for further anti-TABOR decisions.
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