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Vote No on Ballot Issue 1B, donate your own money

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

The Longmont Times-Call published the following article of mine in the print edition last Friday. Voters should oppose Ballot Issue 1B, the "Worthy Cause" tax --no matter how worthy the causes are.  The sales tax for Boulder County non-profits is wrong and should end. It's wrong for the taxpayers forced to ...

Beware Udall’s health care policy

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

My contribution to the November 1, 2008 Daily Camera Editorial Advisory Board. (printed version) Beware Mark Udall's health care policy. He evaded a simple question in the Camera's Candidate Profile: "Should the federal government follow the lead of Massachusetts and have a mandatory health care plan?"  His website clarifies: "I believe ...

Capitalism and Socialism: Who Owns You?

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

From last week's Daily Camera Editorial Advisory Board: The question: "Recent debate on economics and politics has been framing recent events in terms of socialism and capitalism. Is this warranted or a sign of hyperbolic rhetoric?"  My response: Debating political issues in terms of socialism and capitalism helps address a fundamental question: ...

Colorado Amendment 59: a deceptive tax hike

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

The Denver Post posted my letter on-line a couple weeks ago: Amendment 59 Raises Taxes Re: “SAFE gets Colorado back on track,” Sept. 25 Gail Schoettler column. Amendment 59 is based on deception, and former Colorado State Treasurer Gail Schoettler perpetuates this deceit. Amendment 59 would raise your taxes. Schoettler denies this, saying that ...

Count on taxes rising if Amendment 59 passes

Friday, October 17th, 2008

The Rocky Mountain News printed my letter to the editor earlier this week about Colorado Amendment 59.  Click here for the on-line version with reader comments.  A scan of the print version is here. A DIFFERING VIEW: Count on taxes rising if Amendment 59 passes The Rocky should regret endorsing the deceptive ...

Colorado Amendment 47: “Right to Work” is wrong

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Ari Armstrong at FreeColorado.com has some good insight on why Amendment 47 is a bad idea.  Some excerpts: The problem with Amendment 47 is that it interferes with the freedom of contract. That this interferes with the employee's "freedom to choose" is irrelevant. ... Beyond the context of individual rights, the ...

Amendment 46: Fairness in hiring, admissions

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

In today's Denver Post, Jessica Peck Corry of the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative writes: The Colorado Civil Rights Initiative would once and for all prohibit our government from discriminating on the basis of race or gender in public education, public contracting, and public hiring. Every day in Colorado, our government preaches ...

Colorado Amendment 59 vs. liberty and prosperity

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Ari Armstrong has written two good posts against the proposed Colorado Amendment 59 here and here.  He writes: Those wishing to forcibly transfer more money from those who earn it to those who want it constantly review the benefits (real or imagined) of higher tax spending. What they generally ignore are ...