We are facing a fiscal cliff at the state house. Our tax policies were written over 30 years ago, in a time when most of Colorado did not have internet access or cell phones. It is suffocating vital education, mental health, and transportation priorities that we rely on to build better lives for our families.
Failed and Inequitable Tax policy
Tabor has put a stranglehold on our most vital services. This years budget crisis (pre HR1 cuts) was a $1.2 Billion deficit. Yet we gave over $8 Billion in Tabor refunds over the last three years. That averages out to less than $500 per person per year. That is less than a set of tires or suspension when your car hits a pothole on a road desperately needing paving!
Fair Education Funding
There was a time where the state funded education and local property taxes supplemented those funds. That is no longer the case. Nearly 50% of operational expenses are now borne by local property tax payers. This is inequitable. Where you live determines the quality of your child's education!
Affordability Crisis
We have a affordability crisis in Colorado. Not just in housing, but in utilities, insurance, health care, and food. These issues are not simple nor easy to fix. They are generational and systemic and will require a complex and multi-pronged sustained effort to make Colorado affordable for all residents!
Fighting back against the authoritarianism coming out of Washington and the Trump Administration