The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
- March 21, 2017
Policy debates frequently turn on whether the government is spending at a reasonable level, and that is defined by the relative spending in other states. Relatively low rankings are presumed to indicate of under-spending by Colorado governments. The low rankings, however, are inconsistent with Colorado’s overall ranking for tax burden, which is close to the national median. We examine many claims relating to Colorado government spending overall, in K-12 education, in higher education, and in healthcare, and we conclude that most are misinterpreted or overstated. Colorado collects the national average in taxes,
so how could it be that support for government programs is so uniformly near the bottom?
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READ MOREThe National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation Wednesday released its national study highlighting the private-sector job loss it says will result from the Health Insurance Tax, including 2,500 jobs Colorado by 2021 – 1,300 of them in small businesses. Continue reading
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