Federal Fuel Tax: A bad deal for Colorado. Drivers sends $1, get only 84 cents back.

by Brian T. Schwartz | 11:35 pm, February 10, 2013

The Denver Post recently advocated that Colorado increase its 22 cents per gallon fuel tax.  But why tax drivers even more when much of what they are taxed does not support roads (or even mass-trensit) in Colorado?  I’m talking about the 18.4 cents-per-gallon federal fuel tax.  How about fighting to let Colorado keep federal fuel [...]

Policy from a Politically Manipulative Fantasyland: the TSA’s Latest Bid for All Your Data

by Eileen | 5:06 am, January 12, 2013

The TSA is trying to resurrect a terrible program that been deservedly thwarted since its post-9/11 conception.  It was CAPPS, then CAPPS II, then Secure Flight.  Under all those guises, the goal was the aggregate any and all commercially available datasets into a behemoth database and then generate unique ‘aviation risk profiles’ for any airline [...]

Vote “No” on Boulder 2A (2012): Climate Action Plan Tax Extension

by Brian T. Schwartz | 10:41 pm, October 27, 2012

Earlier this year I wrote a short piece in the Daily Camera summarizing the case against extending the City of Boulder’s Carbon Tax. In the 2012 election, it’s Boulder ballot issue 2A.  I reproduce it here: The Boulder City Council’s website touts a “Climate Action Plan” as one of its primarygoals. “The current goal is [...]

Oppose Boulder bag tax before it’s too late. It’s wasteful, threatens jobs, insults shoppers, & is an unlawful tax

by Brian T. Schwartz | 10:30 pm, October 15, 2012

Update, Oct 17: Now’s it’s a 10 cent tax. Final vote Nov. 1. On Tues, Oct. 16 the Boulder City Council will discuss and may pass a proposed 20-cent tax (“fee”) on plastic & paper grocery bags. Attend the meeting voice your disapproval. Summary arguments below. Last Sunday, the Boulder Daily Camera reported: When the city solicited [...]

Grocery bag bans suppress sales, jobs. At least in LA County. Are Boulder & Denver next?

by Brian T. Schwartz | 10:38 pm, August 28, 2012

In a previous post I summarized reasons that grocery bag bans (suggested for Boulder & Denver, CO) are a terrible idea.  Here’s another reason, from the National Center for Policy Analysis: In July 2011, Los Angeles County banned the use of thin-film plastic bags for large grocery and retail stores in some areas of the [...]

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