Colorado has the Sixth Lowest State and Local Tax Burden in the Nation for FY 2016

Key Policy Data ^ | Mar 22, 2018

[mewzilla]

https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_state_budget_and_finances

Read it and weep.

[LittleSpotBlog]

I wonder if they take into account the cost to register a vehicle in this state.

My 2017 truck was $1,600 — for ONE YEAR. That’s a few orders of magnitude more than it would cost in parts of California. :(

[cutty]

“Colorado had a debt of $17,200,428,000 in fiscal year 2015. The state debt per capita was $3,157. This ranked Colorado 20th among the states in debt and 27th in per capita debt. The total state debt owned by the 50 states was $1.15 trillion with a per capita debt of $3,582...”

Wonder if that includes the under funded state government pension promises ?

[GailA]

6 states have NO STATE INCOME TAX, Tennessee is 1, and they have to by state Constitution balance the budget.

[mewzilla]

Nope.

[mewzilla]

https://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/27/pera-funding-unfunded-liabilities/

Per the above, $32 bil.

[LS]

There is already a major battle brewing between the legal pot growers and the cartels and illegals. This is going to grow, no pun intended.

[G Larry]

Wait til Colorado “fixes” PERA....

[cutty]

Thanks.

“Colorado’s public retirement funds are now only 58.1 percent funded, down from 62.1 percent last year and 64.7 percent in 2010 “

[mountainlion]

The dummies in the dome in denver spend money on bike paths, parks and charging stations for electric cars and turn their backs on highways and schools. Now they want to break the tax payers bill of rights so they can bankrupt the state.

[cutty]

Board member Lynn Turner, a former chief accountant for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, likened the status of PERA to “a Ponzi scheme”.

[G Larry]

Allowing State workers to “Buy” years of service, and retire at 50 with 90% pay is THEFT!

[cutty]

The DUmmies are flooding Colorado with big city lefties and illegal aliens who voted to destroy their states, then imported those fools to destroy Colorado.

No wonder the roads, schools, hiking trails .. are over crowded.

[wardamneagle]

CO resident for 6 yrs.
Dimm Gov Hinkenlooper and Dimm Mayor Hancock have done a piss poor job with this state and city. Both are now trying to cover up the corruption of Hancock. Dimm Developers, Dimm lawyers, Dimm city council, Dimm state leg, sexual harassment charges. I can go on and on. As a reminder....
Hickenlooper previous position before Gov? You guessed it.....mayor of Denver.

[Old Yeller]

I wonder if they take into account the cost to register a vehicle in this state.

My 2017 truck was $1,600 — for ONE YEAR. That’s a few orders of magnitude more than it would cost in parts of California. :(

Please tell me you're exaggerating. I'm pretty sure Kansas is the highest in the country, and we have a lot of Kansas residents who tag their vehicles in Colorado. I don't think even in Kansas does it cost that much. Of course I don't own late model cars in Kansas because I don't want to pay a fortune in registration/personal property tax.

[CincyRichieRich]

So then, rich, communist, Boulder is a good thing?

If you sell your house there, you have to leave because you couldn’t afford to buy a different house.

[LittleSpotBlog]

I’m not. :( If we had bought a one-ton it would have been closer to $2k.

[Old Yeller]

I’m not. :( If we had bought a one-ton it would have been closer to $2k.

And all vehicles are that outrageous, or did they just pick on trucks? This is shocking, since I didn’t think any state was even close to Kansas on this scam.

[LittleSpotBlog]

The newer the vehicle, the higher the rate. Also weight is a factor. We also have a 1991 F-350 dually, and even that is about $150 per year.