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  • Colorado Springs measure would increase taxes $50 million for "business development." Is this a good idea?

Colorado Springs measure would increase taxes $50 million for "business development." Is this a good idea?

Sean Paige, Executive Director of the Local Liberty Action in Colorado Springs writes in the Colorado Springs Gazette about local initiative 1A which would raise $50 million in new taxes to support "business development." But as Sean points out:

1A is an invitation to mischief, and to the misuse of tax dollars, which will leave the city vulnerable to endless shakedowns by companies promising to create jobs in exchange for cash, or threatening to take jobs away if we don't pay up. And the fact that it's on the ballot, at a time when the city is slashing services and average folks are pinching pennies, shows that our political and business leaders don't have their priorities straight.

Sean Paige and Local Liberty Action are allies of Americans for Prosperity here in Colorado. Read the entire article here.