Ideas to help small biz

• Repeal HB1190,which eliminates the tax exemption on energy used by businesses. Energy costs are no longer tax deductible. (In what universe is not paying a tax, then having to pay a tax not a tax increase? Only the world of the Colorado Supreme Court that found that elimination of a tax exemption is not a tax subject to a TABOR vote of the citizens.)
• Bring businesses into the regulatory process earlier.
• Fight any initiative that will put a sales tax on services. Ex: the auto mechanic, hair stylist, web designer, gardner, dry cleaner, childcare provider, home health nurse, accountant, attorney, computer tech, house cleaner, plumber, electrician, manicurist, tailor, writer, caterer, event planner, fundraiser, payroll services administrator, etc. etc will have to add and collect tax for their service, and spend the requisite time and effort to pay and report it.
• Change PERA from a Defined Benefit to a Defined Contribution. Stop paying pensions for government workers on the backs of private-sector workers struggling to save for their own retirement.

The effect of just these four changes would dramatically and positively open Colorado's business environment.

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