NO. NEXT QUESTION? Does state government deserve more of your money?

Colorado:

Do you look forward to an annual tax refund check? Or do you want to donate your tax refund to the state government? That is just what Proposition CC is asking you to do – forever.

It says “without raising taxes” and technically, there is no tax rate increase but the government will keep more of your money which means you will pay more in taxes and have less in your bank account to spend on things that you or your family might need.

The politicians hope that you don’t remember that when Referendum C passed in 2005, it was to go to education and highways. Funny how, now, Proposition CC is to go for basically the same things.

So where did that money go? Who knows. As the non-partisan state staff will tell you, it is impossible to know how the money was spent. What we do know is that education and highway funding did not increase by the amount of increased revenue to the state. Why? Because politicians can change the rules by just passing a bill – and they do every budget cycle.

As Bill Whittle has noted, government doesn’t collect taxes in order to perform services — it performs services in order to justify taxes. And like any slacker it will do the least while collecting the most.