Colorado Electorate: Throwing More Money at the Public Education Monopoly is NOT the Answer

Washington Times - Coloradans overwhelmingly rejected Proposition 103, a statewide ballot measure that would have increased the sales and income taxes to fund education. The lopsided outcome — the initiative lost by a margin of 64 percent to 36 percent — upended predictions that the measure probably would lose but that the vote would be close. While they were at it, voters shot down anything that could pick their pocketbooks or cost them jobs, including school bond measures and a Denver proposal requiring businesses to give employees sick leave. The Denver Post called the Election Day results “a killing field for tax measures.” The implications were not lost on most political analysts, who noted that a tight-fisted electorate, still feeling pinched by the economy in 2011, could spell trouble for Democrats in 2012. That includes the biggest Democrat of them all, Mr. Obama, whose campaign has made winning Colorado a crucial piece of its re-election patchwork. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Colorado Electorate: Throwing More Money at the Public Education Monopoly is NOT the Answer