C&D: More Opinions from the G

They get letters:

Wage increases dropped in 2000, 2001, 2003 and leveled off at just 3 percent. When workers’ pay raises are delayed, they might need to delay repair of their property. So why does the state need to increase revenue faster than we are improving ours?

Ummm, to ensure the infrastructure can handle the next round of growth in the economy. And to encourage new businesses to locate here and to have existing businesses increase their investments in Colorado Springs.

A smarter, more straightforward way of spending the money is required before we can understand why Colorado needs our refund.

This type of ignorance is hard to explain. So I won't try.

Russ and Jere Frisinger

Divide
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Not one single person here has made it on his own, solely by his own genius. And it’s ridiculous for anyone to think he did.

That includes you, Doug Bruce!

I have to rely on all my neighbors, policemen, firemen, politicians, technicians and many others. And denying it will never change it.

Testify, brother!

Bud Gordon

Colorado Springs
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They will use any sophistry to convince us to scrap TABOR and return to the good old days when politicians knew what was best for us.

Ooooh, he knows a big word. But he doesn't see the sophistry on the right, who want the government to drown in their imported- porcelain 14K-gold-fixtured bathtub.

Colorado had a population of approximately 3.5 million in 1992 when TABOR was approved. The state spent a little more than $5 billion, or $1,430 per person. In 2004, our population had increased to 4.6 million, and state spending had increased to $14 billion, or $3,049 per person. Our population grew by 32 percent under TABOR, but state spending grew by 200 percent.

49th in schools (PDF!) is good enough for Gary.

Gary Mohr

Cañon City