t the end of a month, after the mortgage and credit card are paid, and you’ve somehow managed to cover those ever-increasing grocery and utility bills, you scrape together enough for the new basketball shoes your kid needs. Then, against the odds, you find a few dollars of your paycheck left over and celebrate.
You can finally replace the tires before snow comes. Or maybe you leave your surplus in checking just in case that noisy water heater breaks. Either way, there is a little breathing room. People work hard for that.
But, if Proposition NN passes, when Coloradans expect a refund of tax dollars the state collected above its limit under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, they’re going to find unwelcome news: The state may keep it. Proposition NN would send those extra dollars to K-12 education and programs for children.
Now, teachers work hard, and students deserve a quality education. So it’s not that education funding isn’t a worthy priority, but so are taxpayers’ needs in their own homes and kitchen tables.
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