Did every single tax increase in the state pass yesterday?

Watching the crawl on the bottom of the TV it seemed that way.

No, there's one, the college scholarship tax didn't pass.

The sheeple have spoken, the government makes better use of their money than they can.

-every tax measure in Boulder passed this time. And last time. And next time.

The only one I had any input on (Douglas county) was the pot sales tax surplus. I said give it back but was outvoted.

At first I thought maybe people were being dense. But then I wondered if voters hate the pot people so much they'd rather let the state spend it than give it back.

Liberals won big last night. Douglas and JeffCo school boards are going back to Dem/teacher's union control. In Douglas we had about 25% turn out county-wide. I'm not sure if Conservatives didn't want to pay the stamp to vote or what. Libs sure got out the vote.

Douglas really surprises me... The same group that got our voucher program taken away was just rewarded. I know a few non-political types who were really upset about losing vouchers.

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Originally Posted by Skip

The only one I had any input on (Douglas county) was the pot sales tax surplus. I said give it back but was outvoted.

At first I thought maybe people were being dense. But then I wondered if voters hate the pot people so much they'd rather let the state spend it than give it back.

Liberals won big last night. Douglas and JeffCo school boards are going back to Dem/teacher's union control. In Douglas we had about 25% turn out county-wide. I'm not sure if Conservatives didn't want to pay the stamp to vote or what. Libs sure got out the vote.

Douglas really surprises me... The same group that got our voucher program taken away was just rewarded. I know a few non-political types who were really upset about losing vouchers.

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I voted opposite of you on this one. The few bucks back wasn't worth it in my mind and I just don't care if the potheads get some money back or not.

locally the teachers really pushed 3c and I ended up voting for it due to the fact I know Brighton high school is terribly overcrowded, and mostly for selfish reasons because when we move I want my kids at a nice new elementary with good kids, not where they would have to go right now where they probably be in the minority of kids who don't speak Spanish.

Many of those who vote for raising taxes, or letting the govt keep taxes, don't pay any taxes. So, what do they care?
It's been over for some time now.

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Originally Posted by sniper7

I voted opposite of you on this one. The few bucks back wasn't worth it in my mind and I just don't care if the potheads get some money back or not.

locally the teachers really pushed 3c and I ended up voting for it due to the fact I know Brighton high school is terribly overcrowded, and mostly for selfish reasons because when we move I want my kids at a nice new elementary with good kids, not where they would have to go right now where they probably be in the minority of kids who don't speak Spanish.

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It's not about the paltry -$8 per person refund. It's not about the pot people. It's about not giving the already fiscally inefficient .gov an additional $66 million to waste.

A yes vote on BB is essentially a yes vote on more, bigger .gov.

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Originally Posted by crays

It's not about the paltry -$8 per person refund. It's not about the pot people. It's about not giving the already fiscally inefficient .gov an additional $66 million to waste.

A yes vote on BB is essentially a yes vote on more, bigger .gov.

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What do you care if a fiscally inefficient .gov wastes a bunch of money collected directly from the "pot people"? If you don't buy pot that isn't any of your money in the 1st place, so who cares if they put a solid gold bathroom in Hick's office with that money? The chances of them wasting all of that money is slim to none, so at least some of that money will go to something useful.

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Originally Posted by crays

It's not about the paltry -$8 per person refund. It's not about the pot people. It's about not giving the already fiscally inefficient .gov an additional $66 million to waste.

A yes vote on BB is essentially a yes vote on more, bigger .gov.

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I didn't care about how much money I got back or how much it cost to send my money back to me. I cared about the principle, the principle being that money belongs to the citizens and voting yes on BB affirms the govenment's idea that all money belongs to the government.