Income Inequality is Stunting Economic Growth
By Carol Hedges It has been generally accepted that the free market is the best method of producing wealth and…
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A Sizeable Return on Investment
Additional tax revenue, a better educated population, higher productivity jobs, more overall spending in the economy, and increased tuition revenue…
Statement in Support of U.S. Senate Bill to Avoid Automatic Spending Cuts
MEDIA STATEMENT February 15, 2013 Contact: Carol Hedges, Colorado Fiscal Institute Executive Director, 303-379-3019 x 221, hedges@coloradofiscal.org Statement in Support of U.S. Senate…
Study Shows Poor and Middle-Income Families Pay More of their Earnings in Taxes than the Rich
MEDIA RELEASEWednesday, January 30, 2013Contact: Ali Mickelson, 720-933-0953 DENVER – Colorado takes a much larger share from middle- and low-income…
Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States
The 2013 Who Pays: A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All Fifty States (the fourth edition of the…
Money Matters! Why SB13-001 is so important for Colorado.
Does money matter? Yes! Especially to young kids. Researchers are finding that young children (0-5) are particularly sensitive to their…
The Facts are In: Colorado’s “Show Me Your Papers Law” Drains Economy, Threatens Civil Rights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2012 ESPAÑOL: ~este anuncio estará disponible en español hoy en la tarde~ CONTACT: Julien…
Misplaced Priorities: SB90 & the Costs to Local Communities
Colorado’s local communities pay a high price for SB90 and federal immigration enforcement. In an era of budget deficits, reduced…
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