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Will Colorado Dems Ram Through Dirty Dozen Business Tax Hike Bills?

by Ben DeGrow | 9:06 am, January 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

Word on the street is that the majority Democrats at the State Capitol are preparing to ram through a package of bills repealing tax breaks — not only without a vote of the people as the state constitution’s TABOR would require, but also pushed through the process quickly to minimize public scrutiny and apparent outrage. Taken together, House Bills 1189 through 1200 (look them up here) would end up increasing the tax burden on Colorado businesses and families.

Currently, the “dirty dozen” business tax hike bills are slated on the House calendar for a hearing on appropriations at 8:30 AM tomorrow (Wednesday). The first question then is whether the Democrats will then quickly rush the bills into the Finance Committee — where public testimony is required — to try and hold down the backlash. The second question is whether and how fiscal conservatives and various pro-liberty grassroots groups will be ready themselves to respond. It could set up an interesting showdown between Democrat legislators and a vocal share of the people they are supposed to represent.

Concerned business owners and other citizens who wish to clearly but respectfully share their opinions on one or more of these pieces of legislation may find contact information for the Colorado House of Representatives here. Members of the House Finance Committee are:

  • Joel Judd, chairman (D)
  • Debbie Benefield, vice-chair (D)
  • Brian DelGrosso (R)
  • Jerry Frangas (D)
  • Cheri Gerou (R)
  • Daniel Kagan (D)
  • John Kefalas (D)
  • Jeanne Labuda (D)
  • Ellen Roberts (R)
  • Ken Summers (R)
  • Spencer Swalm (R)

It’s an election year, and apparently the Democrats want to re-fill the state coffers by raising taxes during a painful recession. If they also try to rush it through to shut down debate and hope that nobody is watching, then they’ll be playing with political fire. Tomorrow may be a very interesting day under the Golden Dome.

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  1.   CTBC Director
      January 26th, 2010 @ 10:10 am

    The attempts of the legislature to “raise taxes despite TABOR” were aided and abetted by last year’s Colorado Supreme Court ruling in the “Mill Levy Tax Freeze” case – which didn’t just (unconstitutionally) raise property taxes, it also put a whole list of sales tax exemptions on the chopping block, including ALL of the “dirty dozen” currently contemplated by the Colorado legislature:
    http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/2010/01/13/colorado-supreme-court-casts-long-shadow-over-upcoming-2010-colorado-legislative-session/

    This is why voting “NO” on the four Colorado Supreme Court justices on the ballot this November are the four MOST IMPORTANT votes that Colorado citizens can cast this year…

  2.   Clear the Bench Colorado » Legislators exploit recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling to push “Dirty Dozen” tax hike bills
      February 1st, 2010 @ 11:05 am

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