f*ck TABOR
@fcktabor.bsky.social
Just a Colorado parent angry about the short-sighted cuts and decisions TABOR forces onto our communities. It's eroding the opportunities and fortunes of Colorado families, now & in the future. F*ck this. 30+ years of this sh*t is enough. We deserve better
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Let’s fight fully funded. Let’s work on repealing Tabor.
March 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Let’s fight fully funded. Let’s work on repealing Tabor.
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TABOR has caused a structural budget problem that is forcing increasingly difficult budget cuts that will hurt Coloradans. Thank you, Nick Coltrain, for this well done story. #copolitics #coleg www.denverpost.com/2025/03/24/c...
Lawmakers stare down long-term cuts as Colorado runs into TABOR’s hard spending cap
The budget will dictate state spending for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1, but will ripple through for years to come.
www.denverpost.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
TABOR has caused a structural budget problem that is forcing increasingly difficult budget cuts that will hurt Coloradans. Thank you, Nick Coltrain, for this well done story. #copolitics #coleg www.denverpost.com/2025/03/24/c...
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The fact that TABOR itself doesn't count as a single subject is ridiculous.
March 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The fact that TABOR itself doesn't count as a single subject is ridiculous.
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I have a solution. It's called putting TABOR on the ballot and letting the people decide whether they care more about $500 refunds or kids.
TABOR has caused a structural budget problem that is forcing increasingly difficult budget cuts that will hurt Coloradans. Thank you, Nick Coltrain, for this well done story. #copolitics #coleg www.denverpost.com/2025/03/24/c...
Lawmakers stare down long-term cuts as Colorado runs into TABOR’s hard spending cap
The budget will dictate state spending for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1, but will ripple through for years to come.
www.denverpost.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I have a solution. It's called putting TABOR on the ballot and letting the people decide whether they care more about $500 refunds or kids.
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“Recessions you can recover from,” the chair of Colorado's Joint Budget Committee says, but these TABOR-driven cuts are probably permanent // Story by @coltrain.bsky.social
Lawmakers stare down long-term cuts as Colorado runs into TABOR’s hard spending cap
The budget will dictate state spending for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1, but will ripple through for years to come.
www.denverpost.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Recessions you can recover from,” the chair of Colorado's Joint Budget Committee says, but these TABOR-driven cuts are probably permanent // Story by @coltrain.bsky.social
Who's ready to talk about how awful TABOR is for Coloradans again this week? #COleg #COpolitics
March 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Who's ready to talk about how awful TABOR is for Coloradans again this week? #COleg #COpolitics
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Plug key issues that are part of fighting oligarchy specifically — I would have loved to have seen you/Bernie mention TABOR repeal in Colorado, the critical change we need to tax the rich on the state level.
March 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Plug key issues that are part of fighting oligarchy specifically — I would have loved to have seen you/Bernie mention TABOR repeal in Colorado, the critical change we need to tax the rich on the state level.
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Nice writeup. Your Colorado assessment seems on point, though any comparison of what we’ve passed relative to states in comparable situations should mention that TABOR hamstrings the state from raising revenue even in times of GDP growth. Huge problem. www.npr.org/podcasts/563...
The Taxman
In 1992, Colorado voters took away politicians' ability to raise taxes. This is the strange and sometimes unbelievable story of how a man named Douglas Bruce convinced them to do that — and what's hap...
www.npr.org
March 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Nice writeup. Your Colorado assessment seems on point, though any comparison of what we’ve passed relative to states in comparable situations should mention that TABOR hamstrings the state from raising revenue even in times of GDP growth. Huge problem. www.npr.org/podcasts/563...
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Because of TABOR!
March 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Because of TABOR!
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Squeaky wheel principle, nothing gets fixed if people aren’t aware it’s a problem. Messaging isn’t enough alone but it’s definitely a key step that CO Dems as a group have punted on, leading to a predictable budget crisis AND a public confused about TABOR downsides.
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Squeaky wheel principle, nothing gets fixed if people aren’t aware it’s a problem. Messaging isn’t enough alone but it’s definitely a key step that CO Dems as a group have punted on, leading to a predictable budget crisis AND a public confused about TABOR downsides.
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the one and only defense of Colorado Dems is that TABOR ties their hands in a way that is unlike any other state. But Dems are terrified of attacking TABOR, terrified of taking the fight to an awful roadblock. And again: absolutely no leadership from Polis on this as a rich libertarian.
March 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
the one and only defense of Colorado Dems is that TABOR ties their hands in a way that is unlike any other state. But Dems are terrified of attacking TABOR, terrified of taking the fight to an awful roadblock. And again: absolutely no leadership from Polis on this as a rich libertarian.
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We can’t do this in Colorado because of TABOR. Yay 🫠
Happening now: The #WALeg Senate Dems are holding a press conference on their proposals to fund programs and avert harmful cuts on essential services by making the wealthy pay what they owe in taxes!
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We can’t do this in Colorado because of TABOR. Yay 🫠
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End TABOR. That’s it; that’s the long-term plan.
March 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
End TABOR. That’s it; that’s the long-term plan.
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American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
March 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
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@philweiser.bsky.social today would be a good day to explain to people that we are slashing education & healthcare not b/c we can’t afford it but b/c of TABOR #copolitics
March 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
@philweiser.bsky.social today would be a good day to explain to people that we are slashing education & healthcare not b/c we can’t afford it but b/c of TABOR #copolitics
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Colorado's TABOR law, which blindly ratchets down government budgets is the cause of this. Terrible fiscal policy continues to harm generations of Coloradoans. www.denver7.com/lifestyle/ed...
As teachers rally, data shows Colorado schools have been underfunded by $10 billion over past decade
Thousands of teachers from across Colorado descended on the state capitol Thursday to demand lawmakers provide more money for schools. But it’s not a new issue.
www.denver7.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Colorado's TABOR law, which blindly ratchets down government budgets is the cause of this. Terrible fiscal policy continues to harm generations of Coloradoans. www.denver7.com/lifestyle/ed...
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Educators across Colorado were fired up. Regressive taxes (TABOR) steal money from our learning environments. Scenes from the protest in Denver today.
#supportteachers #protest #Denver #Colorado
#supportteachers #protest #Denver #Colorado
March 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Educators across Colorado were fired up. Regressive taxes (TABOR) steal money from our learning environments. Scenes from the protest in Denver today.
#supportteachers #protest #Denver #Colorado
#supportteachers #protest #Denver #Colorado
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Also think about the difference in impact here.
If you make under $13k per year, losing $1000 is DEVASTATING. That’s meals you can’t eat, desperately needed medical procedures you can’t get, school supplies your children can’t afford.
If you make $3+ million per year, $180k is just a third yacht.
If you make under $13k per year, losing $1000 is DEVASTATING. That’s meals you can’t eat, desperately needed medical procedures you can’t get, school supplies your children can’t afford.
If you make $3+ million per year, $180k is just a third yacht.
Today in “The Big, Beautiful Bill” newsletter —
Yale Budget Lab stacked cuts to SNAP + Medicaid on top of extending the Trump tax cuts.
Result: Major transfer of wealth to the richest taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yale Budget Lab stacked cuts to SNAP + Medicaid on top of extending the Trump tax cuts.
Result: Major transfer of wealth to the richest taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
March 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Also think about the difference in impact here.
If you make under $13k per year, losing $1000 is DEVASTATING. That’s meals you can’t eat, desperately needed medical procedures you can’t get, school supplies your children can’t afford.
If you make $3+ million per year, $180k is just a third yacht.
If you make under $13k per year, losing $1000 is DEVASTATING. That’s meals you can’t eat, desperately needed medical procedures you can’t get, school supplies your children can’t afford.
If you make $3+ million per year, $180k is just a third yacht.
The amount of people posting about how harmful TABOR is for Colorado today is making my heart swell. Finally people are talking!
Maybe there's hope for our state yet (yes, I'm aware this is an echo chamber but let me have some hope for a second). #COleg #COpolitics
Maybe there's hope for our state yet (yes, I'm aware this is an echo chamber but let me have some hope for a second). #COleg #COpolitics
March 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The amount of people posting about how harmful TABOR is for Colorado today is making my heart swell. Finally people are talking!
Maybe there's hope for our state yet (yes, I'm aware this is an echo chamber but let me have some hope for a second). #COleg #COpolitics
Maybe there's hope for our state yet (yes, I'm aware this is an echo chamber but let me have some hope for a second). #COleg #COpolitics
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Huge crowd of teachers, students and community (including my 1st grade kiddo) rallying at the Colorado State Capitol right now for the statewide day of action to protect public education.
It’s time to get rid of TABOR and fully fund our public schools! #coleg #copolitics
It’s time to get rid of TABOR and fully fund our public schools! #coleg #copolitics
March 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Huge crowd of teachers, students and community (including my 1st grade kiddo) rallying at the Colorado State Capitol right now for the statewide day of action to protect public education.
It’s time to get rid of TABOR and fully fund our public schools! #coleg #copolitics
It’s time to get rid of TABOR and fully fund our public schools! #coleg #copolitics
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I heard from many who are fed up with the state’s K-12 funding situation and many who want to see changes to TABOR.
March 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I heard from many who are fed up with the state’s K-12 funding situation and many who want to see changes to TABOR.
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That limit, called TABOR, means that each year the state falls a little farther behind in paying for education, roads and bridges, healthcare, a clean environment and all the other services people expect.
March 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
That limit, called TABOR, means that each year the state falls a little farther behind in paying for education, roads and bridges, healthcare, a clean environment and all the other services people expect.
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TABOR was the single worst vote I've cast. It's past time to undo the damage one slum lord sold too many of us on, decades ago.
THOUSANDS of teachers, students, and community members are rallying at the State Capitol right now for the statewide day of action to protect public education. #NoMoreCuts
It’s time to get rid of TABOR and fully fund our public schools! #coleg #copolitics
It’s time to get rid of TABOR and fully fund our public schools! #coleg #copolitics
March 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
TABOR was the single worst vote I've cast. It's past time to undo the damage one slum lord sold too many of us on, decades ago.