With a voracious appetite for the public’s money, Colorado’s burgeoning state government controls much of our lives. Now, they want to control our pets with House Bill 1163, sponsored by Democratic state Rep. Regina English.
Call it “The Goldfish Tax” of 2024.
Radicalized state legislators, with unlimited one-party control, pay us to buy electric cars and abortions. They overtax our homes, businesses, and cars and price the middle class into despair. They take assistance from taxpaying citizens and give it to immigrants who broke into the country. They deprive us of affordable energy by obstructing oil and gas production.
Next year, this disturbing list may include new pet taxes disguised as “fees.” The bill openly acknowledges deliberate deception.
“The power to impose taxes is inconsistent with enterprise status under section 20 of Article X of the state constitution and, therefore, it is the conclusion of the general assembly that the revenue collected by the enterprise is generated by fees, not taxes.”