Colorado Democrats just advanced a bill imposing a brand-new “fee” (read: tax) on homeowners’ insurance premiums. The pitch? Use the money for government roof-replacement grants that will supposedly lower insurance costs “in the long run.” Critics rightly call it what it is: another direct hit to your wallet that will make policies more expensive today while handing bureaucrats more control and your money.
Spot on, @FreeStateColor1.
Every legislative session the Colorado Democrat supermajority finds a new creative way to tax us — and now they’re coming for your homeowners insurance. This isn’t “lowering costs.” It’s classic big-government sleight of hand: slap a mandatory fee on insurers, watch premiums skyrocket to cover it, then hand out grants with your own money while bragging about “helping” people.
Colorado used to be the escape hatch for Californians fleeing sky-high taxes, crushing regulations, and failing policies. Now? With every session we’re getting more taxes, more mandates, more spending, and more bureaucrats deciding how your roof and your insurance should work. Welcome to the new California — only with worse traffic and better skiing… for now.
Enough. Colorado wasn’t built by central planners in Denver. It was built by free people who want government out of their wallets and out of their homes. Time to stop the Taxifornia slide before the last productive resident packs up and leaves.