Taxes & Budget

Tax them until they behave

As if Americans weren’t already reeling enough from rising gas prices, The New York Times  thinks adding additional taxes to the cost of your next fill up would be a good idea. 
With gas prices shooting up, sales of SUVs and pick-up trucks have fallen significantly – something the Times takes great satisfaction in – the [...]

Bob Schaffer – A Man of Principle Standing Up for Colorado’s Taxpayers and Protecting the Constitution

Bob Schaffer can read, which is helpful if you are going to be Colorado’s next United States Senator.  More importantly, he understands what he reads. Schaffer was peeved at the actions of Gov. Ritter and the Democrat majority in the State Legislature to “freeze” property tax rates that would otherwise have fallen.  This scheme is [...]

Stimulate this

The President has signed a $168 billion “economic stimulus” package that has as its cornerstone a rebate to taxpayers of between $300-1200 for nearly everybody who pays taxes.
It was a remarkable thing to watch all the politicians in Washington scurry when just a few weeks ago the first whispers that the economy might be slowing [...]

“Good News” from Gov. Ritter: Your taxes are going to soar

If you don’t quite get enough of the “good news” on Sunday from the pulpit, relax. Gov. Ritter’s tax “freeze” has more in store for you. Original estimates to confiscate $48 million from the TABOR violating scheme have now been revised to $114 million.
Only government would have the gall to spin that kind of slight [...]

Multiple Choice on Ref. C

Former State Treasurer and State Senator Mark Hillman authored this guest editorial September 7 in the Rocky Mountain News. Read it and then take our multiple choice test.
Question: Regarding the use of increased revenues authorized by the passage of Referendum C,
A. Mark Hillman is a liar.
B. Ref. C funds have been handled properly, and Mark [...]

Ref. C supporters not all happy.

Remember the debate in 2005 — that carried into the elections of 2006 — about Referendum C & D? Well, I do. I opposed the measures because they did nothing to reform our current budget system and fix the systemic problems that led Colorado state government into the financial pickle that we found ourselves in. [...]