{"id":2450502,"date":"2019-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/prop-cc-is-good-step-toward-statewide-debrucing\/"},"modified":"2019-10-30T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T15:25:09","slug":"prop-cc-is-good-step-toward-statewide-debrucing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/prop-cc-is-good-step-toward-statewide-debrucing\/","title":{"rendered":"Prop CC is good step toward statewide deBrucing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Proponents of Proposition CC, the ballot issue that\u2019d allow the state to retain revenue for transportation and education needs, are adamant that it\u2019s not a tax increase. Well, I suppose, eliminating your refund doesn\u2019t technically raise your taxes, but it is going to cost you money.<\/p>\n

Frankly, I don\u2019t care. I have a rather cavalier attitude about taxes. The most heavily taxed people in the world are in Western Europe and Scandinavia. Perhaps coincidentally, these are the ones who also were judged recently to be the happiest people in the world based on how often they smile, laugh and their positive responses on questionnaires.<\/p>\n

Apparently, the populus doesn\u2019t mind paying through the nose if they get a return on their investment, such as a health care plan that works, education through four years of college, and the virtual abolition of poverty, homelessness and malnutrition.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d just moved to Colorado when a right-wing fanatic from Orange County, California, named Douglas Bruce passed a state amendment called the Taxpayer\u2019s Bill of Rights. It said the state government couldn\u2019t raise taxes without a vote of the citizens and all excess revenue collected is to be refunded to the taxpayers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of state have I moved to?\u201d I recall thinking, \u201cHow can you finance a state government that way?\u201d<\/p>\n

In the 26 years hence, the obvious answer is you can\u2019t. Our roads and bridges are in deplorable condition. Our best teachers are fleeing to other states. You get what you pay for. If you want a chintzy state, chintz out on your taxes. Prop CC is good first step toward total de-Brucing.<\/p>\n

Fred Malo Jr.<\/p>\n

Carbondale<\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Proponents of Proposition CC, the ballot issue that\u2019d allow the state to retain revenue for transportation and education needs, are adamant that it\u2019s not a tax increase. Well, I suppose, eliminating your refund doesn\u2019t technically raise your taxes, but it is going to cost you money. Frankly, I don\u2019t care. I have a rather cavalier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 11:12:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450525,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450502\/revisions\/2450525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}