commonsense policy roundtable

Proposition 103 supports education while protecting economic growth

Type: Issue Brief
Published Date: October 21, 2011
Author: Arellano, AlecJones, Rich

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Proposition 103 on November's ballot will raise about $500 million annually for education over the next five years. It does this by increasing Colorado's income tax rate from 4.63% to 5% and the state sales tax rate from 2.9% to 3%. These are the rates that existed throughout the 1990s – a period of strong economic growth in Colorado.

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