Taxpayer's Bill of Rights - Independence Institute

Backgrounder: $617 million in Hidden Taxes from 2021 Session 0
- 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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Denver, Colorado Sales Taxes Increased Without Voter Consent 0
- 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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“True Colorado”—Educating newcomers about Colorado values 0
- November 20, 2019
When asked to list Colorado values, Lemon mentions . . . .self-reliance[,] neighborly assistance, personal freedom, local control, love of the outdoors, health and fitness, and friendliness toward strangers. He further emphasizes the state’s tradition of entrepreneurship
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Colorado Supreme Court rules against TABOR—Again!0
- October 3, 2019
If you read enough Colorado Supreme Court TABOR opinions, you notice . . . motifs: (1) taxpayers always lose, (2) the court’s opinions are often evasive . . . , and (3) after creating an anti-TABOR precedent, the justices then stretch it to create even more anti-TABOR precedents.
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Brexit isn’t the only example of elites undoing ballot measures 0
- April 8, 2019
[D]uring the 1970s conservatives began to use initiatives to limit government power. . . . Judges seemed to think this was a threat, and judicial attitudes toward ballot measures began to change.
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In Blue Colorado, the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights matters more than ever 0
- December 6, 2018
In Colorado, the recent election reaffirms the right of citizens to have the final say on proposals to increase taxes or debt.
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