Do Colorado Dem Gov Candidates Support Congressional Democrats’ Plan To Hike Taxes?

Last week, Congressional Democrats made it clear that they want taxpayers to pay more, releasing a plan raising income taxes, business taxes, and even the death tax.

Colorado Democrat Governor John Hickenlooper has previously rejected higher taxes, arguing policymakers need to demonstrate results before asking more from taxpayers.

On the campaign trail, Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis has failed to heed this advice, repeatedly suggesting he will raise taxes and fees to pay for his big government agenda. But, Polis and his fellow Democrat candidates, Mike Johnston, Cary Kennedy, and Donna Lynne, have yet to comment on this latest tax hike proposal.

Colorado voters have a right to know if the Democrat candidates for governor agree with their own leadership on increasing taxes. It’s time for them to weigh in.

Forbes writes:

“This week, Congressional Democrats released a detailed tax hike plan that they promised to implement if given majority control of the House and Senate after the 2018 midterm elections. So much for the crocodile tears about the deficit–Democrats want to raise taxes not to reduce the debt, but rather to spend that tax hike money on boondoggle projects…

Up until this year, the United States labored under the highest corporate income tax rate in the developed world. As a result, jobs and capital were fleeing America for more normal tax rates that could be found in tax havens like France and China (saracasm font very much activated). Finally, after many years of bipartisan consensus that the U.S. corporate rate had become an impediment to attracting new jobs and investment, Congress cut the rate all the way from 35 to 21 percent. Even doing that only puts us in the middle of the pack of developed nations, but that’s a heck of a lot better than dead last…

Instead of figuring out how to raise taxes, Congressional Democrats would do better to work in a bipartisan manner to make the middle class and pro-jobs tax relief just passed into law permanent. A rising tide lifts all boats.”