Tracking what's destroying Colorado
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
Colorado leaders just announced a shiny new task force to investigate the puzzling trend of businesses packing up and moving to lower-tax, lower-regulation states. The sarcastic post from @TheRMOyster (complete with a hilarious cartoon of a U-Haul speeding past a "LEAVING COLORFUL COLORADO" sign) perfectly captures the irony: instead of fixing the obvious problems driving companies away, the state is spending more taxpayer money to form yet another committee. Replies from locals nail it — high taxes, crushing regulations, homelessness, and heavy-handed governance are the real culprits, not some unsolvable enigma.
The real lesson here isn't complicated — it's common sense economics 101: When government gets bigger, businesses get smaller… or gone. High taxes, endless red tape, and anti-business policies don't "build back better" — they build moving trucks. Colorado's leaders could skip the task force, cut the spending, slash regulations, lower taxes, and actually welcome businesses back. History proves it every time: red states with freedom-focused policies are booming while blue states hemorrhage jobs. The right response? Stop studying the symptoms and treat the disease — less government, more liberty. That's how you keep "Colorful Colorado" colorful instead of empty.