Nov.
12, 2010
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Fight over Bush-era tax cuts
set to resume
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Fiscal
policy
Denver Post commentary: Fight over Bush-era tax cuts
nothing for Democrats to blink at
As you know, the Bush-era tax cuts
expire at the end of this year. Everyone now favors making the
middle- class tax cuts permanent. This is not just a matter of
pandering to the largest segment of the population - always a
temptation. There's also the fact that middle-class income has been
stalled for years. And that was before the housing bust and before
the credit bust and before the rest of the economy went
bust.
Denver Post commentary: New names, same old woes for legislative
committees
Coloradans may also notice that,
despite the new monikers, the committees will handle all the same
issues. State services will be needed no matter how Republicans
gloss over the humanity of those who rely on them. Caseloads are
up, and revenues are down.
Also: Longmont Times-Call
editorial: Committee changes won't change
issues
Denver Post editorial: Bold beginning for deficit
panel
For those who are willing to set
aside personal political agendas for the sake of argument, the
draft recommendations by the co-chairs of President Obama's
debt-fighting panel are well worth consideration.
Denver Post editorial: Close overused ag tax
loophole
Colorado's agricultural tax
designation should be for farms and ranches, not landowners looking
to reduce their property taxes.
Denver Post commentary: College education opens
doors
Over the past four years, my
administration has aggressively protected Colorado's investment in
education because education is the best anti-poverty program, the
best economic development program, and the best doorway to a future
filled with opportunity and possibility.
Colorado News Agency: Guv lays out balancing act for
legislative budgeters
Gov. Bill Ritter was in the hot seat
today, taking pointed questions from state lawmakers on the
legislative Joint Budget Committee as he presented his office's $19
billion budget proposal for fiscal 2011-12. It's a budget that
attempts to bridge a $1.1 billion gap between spending and slumping
revenue in the coming year.
Durango Herald: Taxed to death
With the estate tax set to increase,
many ranchers fear the reaper.
Jobs and economic
security
The Denver Post: Foreclosure data mixed
Fewer Colorado homeowners are
entering foreclosure, but more of them are losing their homes once
they get behind, according to the Colorado Division of Housing's
third-quarter foreclosure report.
Also: Denver Business
Journal: Colorado foreclosure filings down
in Q3 from 2009, but sales up
Also: Fort Collins
Coloradoan: Larimer County foreclosures drop
13.9%
Health
care
Colorado Independent: 'Obamacare' not the cause of
Colorado rate hikes
"The new reforms contributed from
zero to a maximum of five percent of increases. It's not the
primary cause for increasing rates," (Insurance Commissioner Marcy
Morrison) wrote in a release Tuesday.
Economic
self-sufficiency
KUSA-TV: Food stamps delayed across
Colorado
Hundreds, if not thousands, of
Coloradans eligible for food stamps are not receiving them on time
because counties across the state cannot keep pace with incoming
claims.
Also: Fort Collins Coloradoan
editorial: Assistance should work when we
need it the worst
General
Colorado Springs Business
Journal: Hick's gold-plated transition team
- po' folk not admitted
I doubt whether there's a single
person on the list who makes less than $250,000, whose credit score
is below 720, who lives paycheck to paycheck, who worries about
missing the next mortgage payment, who doesn't have great health
insurance, whose kids may not be able to go to college, who belongs
to a union, who teaches school, who drives an eight-year old car,
who's working late in life because he/she can't afford to retire,
or even shops regularly at Wal-Mart.
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