September 11, 2018

 

Introduction

 

The Economic Impacts of a $1.6 Billion Tax Increase to Spend on Education

A new study released by the REMI Partnership finds that without any guarantees of improvement in student performance, the $1.6 billion tax increase proposed by Initiative 73 will negatively impact the Colorado economy, cost private sector jobs, and place a significant tax burden on Coloradans.

 

 

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