Tag Archive | "Independence Institute"
Posted on 04 February 2010. Tags: HB10-1192, Independence Institute, Tax Exemptions
Did you know that computer software, a pattern of electrical impulses that can be duplicated and whisked across the world at the speed of light, is actually tangible property and therefore subject to sales tax? Well, maybe not yet, but it will be in Colorado if House Bill 10-1192 is passed.
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Posted in Featured Stories
Posted on 20 January 2010. Tags: Capitol Rally, Cindy Acree, Free Our Health Care, Health Care Reform, Independence Institute, Jon Caldara, ObamaCare
Here’s a roundup of news of Tuesday’s rally protesting the Obama Administration’s health-care reforms.
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Posted on 02 January 2010. Tags: Barbara Kelley David Balmer, Bill Owens, Bill Ritter, Colorado Open Records Act, Dan Hopkins, Department of Regulatory Agencies, Dick Wadhams, Evan Dreyer, Father of the Year, Fatherhood Campaign, Imagine That Entertainment, Independence Institute, Joint Budget Committee, Jon Caldara, Ken Salazar, Kent Lambert, Mark Ferrandino, Michael Bennet, Mitt Romney, No Credits Productions, Phil Bredesen, Staff Photographer, State Film Commission, The Bawmann Group
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter does not have a staff photographer – but he has billed taxpayers more than $200,000 to hire outside contractors and pay for photographs, videos and TV ads promoting his accomplishments since June 2008.
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Posted in Executive, Featured Stories
Posted on 31 December 2009. Tags: Cindy Acree, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, Dede de Percin, Federal Mandate, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Industry, Independence Institute, Jon Caldara, KEVIN LUNDBERG, Michael Huttner, ObamaCare, ProgressNow group, Underinsured, Uninsured
The leader of a local libertarian group is making plans for a 2010 ballot initiative that would exempt Coloradans from a possible federal mandate requiring all citizens to buy insurance or pay a penalty.
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Posted in Featured Stories, Initiatives
Posted on 30 December 2009. Tags: 2010 Ballot Initiative, 2010 Ballot Initiatives, Ballot Initiative, Ballot Initiatives, Cindy Acree, Colorado Opt-Out, Health Care Reform, House Health and Human Services Committee, Independence Institute, Jim Riesberg, Jon Caldara, Obama Care, State Opt-Out, U.S. Health Care Reform
“Right now (there are states that) are in fiscal distress and cannot support or sustain the federal legislation as written,” Acree said. “And there are civil liberties here that are being infringed upon.”
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Posted on 11 December 2009. Tags: 2005 TransAtlantic Dialogue on Climate Change, 25 x 25, 4th Congressional District, Amendment 37, Betsy Markey, Bill Ritter, Chapter 11, Cheyenne County, Colorado State University, Colorado’s New Energy Future, Debbie Bowman, Elbert County, Federico Peña, Greg Brophy, Independence Institute, Jack Bowman, John Bowman, John Coughlin, Jon Caldara, Kaufman, Kiowa County, Kit Carson County, Lincoln County, Logan County, Lola Spradley, Marilyn Musgrave, Mark Hillman, Mark Udall, Michael Merrifield, Mike Bowman, Morgan County, Phillips County, Prowers County, SD-1, Sedgwick County, Senate Assistant Minority Leader, Senate District 1, Todd Brophy, Washington County, Yuma County
When Republican Greg Brophy and his relatives celebrate the holidays, one family member isn’t likely to find a gift from the state senator from Wray under his Christmas tree: Democrat Mike Bowman, who is running against his cousin by marriage.
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Posted in Elections, Featured Stories
Posted on 22 November 2009. Tags: 2009 General Assembly, 2010 General Assembly, Amy Oliver Cooke, Cheri Gerou, Colorado Constitution, Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Transparency Project, Commission of Higher Education, HD-25, House District 25, House Minority Leader, House Speaker, Independence Institute, Long Term Fiscal Stability Commission, Sean Conway, Senate Minority Leader, Senate President, TABOR, Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, Weld County Commission
“An unimaginative failure. That’s the best way to describe the results of the Long Term Fiscal Stability Commission,” write three of its minority members in today’s Denver Post.
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Posted in Budget, Featured Stories
Posted on 22 November 2009. Tags: Chuck Plunkett, Denver Post, Independence Institute, Jon Caldara, Kathleen Osher, Regional Transportation District, RTD, Transit Alliance
‘Independent Thinking’ and host Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute, discusses the Regional Transportation District with Chuck Plunkett of The Denver Post and Kathleen Osher from the Transit Alliance, a regional transit coalition.
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Posted in Miscellaneous
Posted on 22 November 2009. Tags: Colorado Inside Out, Dan Haley, Dave Kopel, Dave Schultheis, David Sirota, Denver Post, Independence Institute, Josh Penry, Raj Chohan, Wendy Norris, WesternCitizen.com
‘Colorado Inside Out’ on KBDI-TV examines Sen. Dave Schultheis controversial “let’s roll” Tweet and Josh Penry’s decision to exit the governor’s race.
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Posted on 21 November 2009. Tags: Abel Tapia, Colorado Constitution, Colorado Initiative, Colorado Initiatives, Douglas Bruce, Independence Institute, Initiative 10, Initiative 12, Initiative 21, Jon Caldara, Referendum O, TABOR, Taxpayer's Bill of Rights
Three proposed ballot questions that alter the state’s finances may soon appear on next year’s ballot. READ THE INITIATIVES.
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Posted in Featured Stories, Initiatives