‘Bracket creep’ flaw has Amendment 87 advocates panicked
Are supporters of Amendment 87 feeling desperate? Proponents are still trying to dismiss or downplay Amendment 87’s big bracket creep problem, but if it were truly a non-issue, why all the attention...
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Guest editorial: The case for ‘no’ on Centennial 2A tax hike
If you live in Centennial, you will find the city’s 2A tax increase on your Colorado ballot. 2A proposes to raise the sales and use tax rate from 2.5% to 3.5%, a 40% increase in tax rates – an...
View ArticleDenver Post editorial board endorses ‘no’ on Amendment 87
DENVER–The Denver Post’s editorial board has come out against Amendment 87, the proposed graduated income tax ballot measure. In an Oct. 11 editorial, the board argued that extracting $2.7 billion in a...
View ArticleClass envy disguised as tax policy on the Colorado ballot
GAWD, I hate the rich. The top hats. The monocles. The dinner jackets. The way they twirl their mustaches while evicting orphans. Before we drag them into the public square, though, we should probably...
View ArticleGov. Polis urges a no on progressive tax hike, yes on capping flat tax
DENVER – The growing division among Colorado Democrats just got wider, with the party’s top elected official urging a no vote on a progressive income tax initiative backed by the state party, and a yes...
View ArticleAmendment 87: Myth busting Colorado’s ‘millionaire’ tax hike
Amendment 87 proposes replacing Colorado’s flat tax with multiple graduated income tax brackets, topping out at a whopping 8.4% and raising new billions to fund education, child care and healthcare. We...
View ArticleBallot Issue 7A: Higher taxes on tap for Front Range municipalities
The cost of living along Colorado’s Front Range may become much higher after this year’s election because of Ballot Issue 7A, the ‘CoCo’ passenger rail tax, along with several other local sales tax...
View ArticleMisinformation shields true impact of Colorado Amendment 87
“97% of Colorado taxpayers get a tax cut.” That’s the message voters see prominently on Protect Colorado’s Future’s website and other sources supporting Amendment 87, the progressive income tax...
View ArticleColorado media paints incomplete picture on Amendment 87 impact
A recent Colorado Sun article by Brian Eason makes incomplete claims about the Amendment 87 progressive income tax ballot question that could obscure the measure’s true impact on tax filers. Voters...
View ArticleComplaint accuses ‘CoCo’ rail district of tax-funded advocacy
STERLING – An eastern Colorado resident who was courted by the Front Range Passenger Rail District (FRPR) to be one of its “CoCo Conductors,” has filed a campaign finance complaint with the secretary...
View ArticleGuest editorial: Reject blank sales tax check for Yampa Valley RTA
I spent six years as Routt County Treasurer. Every budget I signed had to answer one question first: what are we buying, and what does it cost? The Yampa Valley Regional Transportation Authority (RTA)...
View ArticleJefferson County voters face tax hike barrage on November ballot
GOLDEN — Voters across Jefferson County will find a stack of tax increase requests on their November ballots. The multiple tax questions cover fire protection, public schools and city streets....
View ArticleCoCo is cuckoo: 10 reasons to reject the Front Range rail tax
The Front Range Passenger Rail District wants Coloradans to spend $4.7 billion, plus around $100 million per year in operating costs, to run a few passenger trains a day between Fort Collins and...
View ArticleMontana’s progressive income tax disaster a warning to Colorado
Adopting a progressive income tax—as proposed this year by Colorado Amendment 87—is a pretty quick way to destroy a state. You can see this in Montana’s sad experience. More on that below. A...
View ArticleColorado media, state government tilt scale for Amendment 87
While Amendment 87’s proponents claim to fight for “tax fairness,” progressive media double standards and government favoritism give the measure an unfair advantage on the November ballot. Amendment...
View ArticleBoulder voters to see so-called ‘vacant’ homes tax on ballot
BOULDER–Voters in the City of Boulder will decide this November on a measure to adopt an estimated $6 million tax increase on residential properties deemed mostly unoccupied. The measure, titled Ballot...
View ArticleAmendment 87: Progressive taxes and the Bo Nix problem
Coloradans love their Broncos and want to attract the best players to Denver. Under Amendment 87, Colorado’s progressive income tax ballot measure, it would be more difficult to attract and retain...
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Guest editorial: The case against Colorado’s Proposition 137
Proposition 137, the deceptively-named “Direct Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation,” would permanently alter state sales tax refunds under Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), as...
View ArticleAmendment 87: How the Broncos play into Colorado’s tax fight
https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/729319aa-e531-4008-bc27-65e4e13e4b69/Caldara-BroncoIncomeTax-Mixdown.mp3 Do you want the Broncos to win the Super Bowl? Then you’d better hope Amendment 87 —...
View ArticleNew Jersey a warning against Colorado’s Amendment 87
Supporters of Amendment 87, Colorado’s progressive income tax ballot measure, believe that Colorado can copy other states’ bad tax policies and somehow avoid the consequences. It can’t. Other states...
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