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buffalobo
05-05-2020, 07:46
Starting to see rhetoric published by media and comments made by politicians about budget shortfall due to COVID19 shutdown.

How long til rhetoric about TABOR "must be repealed"?

My money says plan is in place to kill TABOR and it is already in process behind the scenes.
Erni
05-05-2020, 07:56
That bill was written years ago and waiting for just the right emergency.
Great-Kazoo
05-05-2020, 08:18
Starting to see rhetoric published by media and comments made by politicians about budget shortfall due to COVID19 shutdown.

How long til rhetoric about TABOR "must be repealed"?

My money says plan is in place to kill TABOR and it is already in process behind the scenes.

BUT, BUT decriminalizing marijuana would solve all the state tax problems. Or was that for education? No it was for the roads, that's it, the roads
Gman
05-05-2020, 08:19
Wouldn't surprise me. Folks in Washington are expecting to be hit with an income tax after this.

Whenever government is faced with a shortfall in their ability to spend their answer is always 'get more money'.

Gotta' feed the monster.
TRnCO
05-05-2020, 08:42
slap a little extra on property taxes will be another avenue for them to go for.
newracer
05-05-2020, 11:34
They don't need to repeal Tabor, the emergency health order allows them to implement a tax.
buffalobo
05-05-2020, 12:30
Budget shortfall is just the excuse to attack TABOR.

TABOR has been an abomination in Colorado Democarats eyes for two decades.
ray1970
05-05-2020, 12:45
Tabor should keep us safe from new taxes.

Unfortunately the overwhelming amount of new fees is going chew up everyone?s income. Well, mostly the poor. The well-to-do crowd will be fine.
FoxtArt
05-05-2020, 13:10
Generation Z progressive: The Denver Mint is right there! Let's make a bunch of quarters... someone give me another stimulus.
buffalobo
05-05-2020, 13:13
They don't need to repeal Tabor, the emergency health order allows them to implement a tax.By statute or by declaration?

Have not been able to locate any text of either.
buffalobo
05-05-2020, 13:15
Tabor should keep us safe from new taxes.

Unfortunately the overwhelming amount of new fees is going chew up everyone?s income. Well, mostly the poor. The well-to-do crowd will be fine.They will get TABOR overturned.

Both houses, gov and media...
newracer
05-05-2020, 13:30
By statute or by declaration?

Have not been able to locate any text of either.

I am not sure, it was just a blurb during a news report a week or so ago about the shortfall. I'll try to find info.
ray1970
05-05-2020, 14:01
They will get TABOR overturned.

Both houses, gov and media...

Every time I try and have a little faith in my fellow man, they?ll go and do something totally bizarre and vote for higher taxes for themselves.
Gman
05-05-2020, 15:56
Every time I try and have a little faith in my fellow man, they?ll go and do something totally bizarre and vote for higher taxes for themselves.
Silly man. They don't pay for it, the government does.



[Sarcasm2]
That's what you get with the dumbing down of the population through education.

"Yeah, tax the big corporations. Make them pay for it!"

Business 101: Corporations don't pay taxes. Costs are passed along to the consumers in the form of higher prices.
FromMyColdDeadHand
05-05-2020, 18:02
I thought that Paulus was already scheduling some cuts? I hadn?t heard of any taxes yet. Yet.