Jun 12

It’s Worse: Local Governments use Taxpayer Money to Lobby Legislature for TABOR Repeal, Raise Taxes!

 

Local Governments want to raise your taxes.

Thankfully, we have the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) that prevents them from taking more of your money without voter approval.

Of course, Politicians and Bureaucrats have been working for years to subvert TABOR.

This year, Democrats in the State Legislature have sponsored a Resolution to initiate a lawsuit (paid for by taxpayers) to repeal our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.

And to make matters worse, local governments have been using their taxpayer-funded resources to lobby the Legislature in favor of this TABOR Repeal Lawsuit!

And as Natalie Menten explains in our video, we also have non-profit organizations (some of which have received taxpayer money) also lobbying in favor of repealing TABOR!

It’s wrong on so many levels!

Taxpayers and voters need to stand up and speak out against this blatant attempt to overturn the will of the people and attack our citizen initiative process!

Natalie also provides an update on the TABOR Repeal Lawsuit Resolution and shares video she took at the State Capitol during the Committee Hearing.

Links from Video:

Bob Marshall statement during testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsfSsvMGllk

Require General Assembly TABOR Constitutionality Lawsuit HJR25-1023: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hjr25-1023

Colorado Secretary of State Lobbyist Search: https://www.sos.state.co.us/lobby/SearchSubject.do

Natalie’s cartoons from the presentation

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Jun 12

Colorado’s TABOR Under Attack from Greedy Legislators! They Want More of Our Money!

Coloradans voted to protect themselves from government overreach in 1992 with the passage of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR).

Since then, greedy politicians have been trying to repeal TABOR, and raise our taxes to unlimited levels.

Thankfully, they haven’t been able to remove TABOR from our State Constitution.

But these sneaky politicians have found ways to skirt TABOR by increasing fees instead of taxes, and legislative schemes to steal more of our money.

Cory Gaines joined me to discuss this year’s legislation designed to subvert TABOR and grow government beyond what is constitutionally allowed.

Links:

HJR25-1023: Require General Assembly TABOR Constitutionality Lawsuit: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hjr25-1023

SB25-173: Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-173

Information on State Enterprises: https://leg.colorado.gov/publications/state-government-enterprises-1