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1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, Adams County Politics, Ballot Issue, Candidates, Climate Change, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Education, Elections, Energy, Immigration, Issues, Jobs, Liberal Logic, Meet and Greet, National politics, NSRF Business, NSRF Meetings, ObamaCare, PERA, POTUS, SCOTUS, TABOR, Taxes, Terrorism, Transportation, Volunteering, War on Women 30.06.2020 No Comments
Join us for a lively discussion about today’s local political news at the next NSRF monthly meeting on Saturday, July 11.
We’ll discuss what’s going on with the Covid-19 lockdown orders, which candidates won the primary election, what rulings did the Colorado Supreme Court make, how do those rulings affect you, what’s happening with the Colorado GOP, what ballot initiatives will be on the November ballot, which ones are good or bad for Colorado, and where can I sign, or help get signatures, to get them on the ballot, and lots more topics.
We meet at the Amazing Grace Community Church, 541 E 99th Place in Thornton from 9:00 am – 11:00 am. The meeting will be outside using chairs and their picnic tables so you can social distance. Wear a mask if you want.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on June 13th after 3 months of cancelled meetings due to the Coronavirus lockdown. We hope to see you on Saturday, July 13th!
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Adams County Politics, Climate Change, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Education, Energy, Immigration, Issues, Jobs, Legal Issues, Liberal Logic, National politics, NSRF Business, Site News, TABOR, Taxes 11.06.2020 No Comments
Colorado lawmakers have used the elimination of tax breaks in prior recessions to bolster the state’s budget. But there are legal questions and unknowns around whether Gov. Jared Polis will sign off on House Bill 1420, which also gives immigrants access to a tax credit.
PUBLISHED ON JUN 10, 2020 3:00AM MDTJesse Paul@jesseapaul
The Colorado Sun — jesse@coloradosun.com Desk: 720-432-2229
To generate money for the coronavirus-depleted state budget, Democratic state lawmakers in Colorado want to slash or change nine tax breaks to generate $1.6 billion in revenue over the next four years.
House Bill 1420, introduced Monday with just days left in the 2020 lawmaking term, would revoke tax breaks included in the federal stimulus bill known as the CARES Act and the 2017 tax cuts signed by President Donald Trump, as well as slash current state tax credits for certain industries.
Because Colorado is “coupled” with the federal tax code, changes made by Congress automatically apply to the state’s tax system. But lawmakers can pass legislation to “decouple” Colorado and make changes.
The Democratic bill sponsors say the goal is to generate more money for K-12 education after the current coronavirus recession put a $3 billion deficit in the state’s $30 billion budget. In addition, the lawmakers argue that the wealthiest Coloradans who receive the bulk of the current tax breaks should pay a larger share.
But a nonpartisan legislative analysis shows there are some important nuances to the bill.
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1st Amendment, 2nd Amendment, Adams County Politics, Ballot Issue, Candidates, Climate Change, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Editorial, Education, Elections, Energy, Immigration, Issues, Jobs, Legal Issues, Liberal Logic, Meet and Greet, National politics, NSRF Business, NSRF Meetings, ObamaCare, PC Police, PERA, POTUS, SCOTUS, Site News, TABOR, Taxes, Terrorism, Transportation, Volunteering, War on Women 10.06.2020 No Comments
It’s been too long.
We miss seeing your face in-person and discussing current political events.
After 3 months following Colorado’s “Stay-or-shelter-at-home” policy due to the Coronavirus, it’s time to break free.
On this Saturday, June 13th the North Suburban Republican Forum (NSRF) will be meeting from 9:00am-11:00am.
We won’t be inside the Amazing Grace Community Church but outside it, using their picnic tables to social distance.
We’ll have beverages but not food.
Wear a mask if you want.
Bring a friend or two but join us.
Everyone is welcome.
Let’s get back to what was considered normal.
We’ll have an open forum to discuss what has happened, what’s going on now, & what’s coming.
Please RSVP to info@NorthSuburbanRepublicanForum.com with how many people are coming.
See you this Saturday morning!
Your NSRF Board of Directors
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Adams County Politics, Candidates, Caucus, Colorado politics, Denver area politics, Editorial, Elections, Issues, Legal Issues, Liberal Logic, National politics, NSRF Business, POTUS, SCOTUS 15.05.2020 No Comments
During my years in politics, I learned that when politicians address a problem they usually address only the symptoms rather than the root cause.
In fact, those politicians often ARE the root cause—and their “solution” would expand their own power and make the problem worse.
For example, many liberal politicians decry “money in politics” and want Congress to pass laws limiting campaign donations. But liberal politicians themselves bear heavy responsibility for all that money in politics: They have expanded the scope of government so much that donors feel they have to buy influence to protect themselves.
And their “solution” would merely increase the authority of same Congress they decry as corrupt.
The real way to get money of politics is to get politics out of money. In other words, reduce the economic power of government. But they don’t want to talk about that.
Shootings in “gun free zones” occur because innocent victims are disarmed in those zones. The real answer is to abolish such zones and allow law-abiding citizens to protect themselves and others. But too many politicians propose disarming citizens further, which would aggravate the situation.
Proposals to abolish or neuter the Electoral College have much the same flavor.
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Adams County Politics, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Editorial, Education, Energy, Issues, Jobs, Liberal Logic, NSRF Business, Site News, TABOR, Taxes, Transportation 14.05.2020 No Comments
Constraints will help Colorado governments weather downturn
Shelby Meyer passes by The Irish Rover, one of many restaurants and bars now shuttered along South Broadway in Denver on April 14. The coronavirus has caused many businesses to shut their doors during the coronavirus pandemic. Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
By Peg Brady
Guest CommentaryPeg Brady is a retired software analyst and designer. She has served on the TABOR Foundation Board of Directors for more than a decade.
The Denver Broncos and Food Bank of the Rockies hosted a mobile pantry at Empower Field at Mile High on April 27 to help people in need during the pandemic. RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) has provided welcome stability to Coloradans as we all deal with the coronavirus pandemic. This provision of our state constitution allows all governments throughout Colorado an automatic but reasonable annual budget increase. The limits keep governments from growing too fast.
Therefore, when the economy gets into trouble, Colorado state and local governments have a more firm base for their spending and do not need to cut as drastically as other states. Government programs are more sound, strong and sustainable than if they had grown as fast as ambitious politicians often wanted. TABOR helps us to confront the current crisis.
Moreover, just when families and businesses are struggling, the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights has led to timely tax relief. The state tax system has evolved so that, when times are good, it over-collects tax revenue. Last year, Colorado over-collected $428 million. TABOR mandates that the state rebates to you excess revenue collected during a fiscal year. So, the 2019 tax rate has been reduced from the usual 4.63% to 4.5% — a 0.13% drop.
You won’t receive a tax refund check; instead, the legislature reduced the income tax rate. Because the rebate is being accomplished through the lower tax rate, you may not recognize how much money you saved. Still, because the state will not incur the cost of issuing and mailing checks, we save that expense as well.
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Adams County Politics, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Editorial, Issues, Liberal Logic, National politics, NSRF Business, Taxes 13.05.2020 No Comments
Leftists see an opportunity in the crisis, but today’s big spending will limit their options tomorrow.
PHOTO: CHAD CROWE In the response to the coronavirus pandemic, leftists see a model for the future. “Not only will America need a massive dose of big government to get out of this crisis,” one wrote, “but we will need big, and wise, government more than ever in its aftermath.” As a conservative, I’m going to argue the opposite. What has happened in this crisis so far is not an indicator of the future. A new era of big government in the economy is unlikely, undesirable and far from inevitable.
Yes, government intervention in the economy today is without precedent. In early April, the International Monetary Fund estimated that fiscal actions around the world totaled some $3.3 trillion—more than 50% greater than all the stimulus spending of the global financial crisis—with another $4.5 trillion in loans and contingent liabilities. Those numbers have only grown, with leaders making daily television appearances to roll out wheelbarrows more money. Most media lavish praise on governments for these actions.
To continue reading this story, click this link to go to the Wall Street Journal
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Adams County Politics, Ballot Issue, Climate Change, Colorado politics, Debt/Deficit, Denver area politics, Economy, Editorial, Education, Energy, Issues, Jobs, Liberal Logic, NSRF Business, ObamaCare, Site News, Transportation 07.05.2020 No Comments
May 7, 2020
The COVID-19 virus pandemic has produced a budget catastrophe for Colorado. The General Assembly will probably reconvene May 18 and it will have to make legislation choices based on budget options that may be worse than those of the Great Depression.
Gov. Jared Polis put up a budget in December 2019 of $34.5 billion. That was at the very beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. Fast forward to May, 2020, and the state is probably down $3 billion, or almost 10 percent, with the economy at a standstill and unemployment growing by the day.
Polis’s biggest ask earlier was for $550 million for transportation and $27.6 million for one of his favorite projects, pre-kindergarten education. Already, the governor has signed 73 bills into law worth about $18 million, including over $9 million for a school finance adjustment and $7.5 million transferred from the general fund to the state information technology fund for various projects (HB20-1260 and 1261).
The March timeout is supposed to end May 18 and the Joint Budget Committee is meeting this week and next to get its arms around the financial decline. There are 346 bills still “in progress” out of 563 total.
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Adams County Politics, Colorado politics, Denver area politics, Economy, Editorial, Issues, Liberal Logic, National politics, NSRF Business, PC Police 07.05.2020 No Comments
May 7, 2020
Kelly Sloan
It has been difficult to miss the animadversions leveled at Republican governors around the country by most of the national media for their proposals to re-open their states. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has probably taken the brunt of it, his plan being called ridiculous and irresponsible by the likes of Lord High Commissioner Sanjay Gupta on CNN. Others have labelled it “stupid” and “crazy.” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was on the receiving end of a rant from Sen. Elizabeth Warren on MSNBC for her laissez-faire approach to containing the crisis in her state. Ron Desantis of Florida has absorbed no end of criticism from the beginning, despite Florida appearing to have weathered this storm remarkably better than his detractors had predicted.
Each of these governors have received high marks from a trio of renowned economists for their efforts to preserve, re-engage, or at least minimize the damage to their state’s economies. Joining this esteemed group is Colorado’s Gov. Jared Polis, the lone Democrat on the list, for his proposals to re-open the state ahead of much of the nation, and well before any governed by a fellow Democrat.
And yet, you would have to dig pretty hard in the copy of most national media to find a disparaging word against him to match the vituperation directed at his Republican colleagues pursuing similar routes.
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