HOW WE LEAD
IDENTIFY
Uncover and research systemic barriers to opportunity in Colorado.
ENGAGE
Build coalitions, drive discourse and increase understanding.
ADVOCATE
Formulate, propose and promote public policy solutions that lower
those barriers.
Aug 9, 2017
Colorado’s total state budget is $29 billion. That's right; billion with a "B." That’s a big number. It’s bigger this year than it was two years ago.
All too often, Colorado’s most extreme conservatives use these oversimplified statements as if they are some kind of thunderclap in the raging debate over our state’s finances. It's a particular line of attack I call the “Big-Number Boogeyman” argument.
The Big-Num...
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