The Legislature and Governor Ritter are wrestling with a huge revenue shortfall and the House and Senate have passed over $200 million in
tax increases on business. More tax increases targeting business and business leaders are being proposed.
Jack Pommer, Chair of the Joint Budget Committee has proclaimed,
“Businesses don’t care about Colorado!”
That attitude is at the core of a huge challenge we face as a business community.
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As a free enterprise country, we ought to be asking “How can Colorado balance the budget and propel Colorado to long-term, sustainable economic success?”
The clear answer: support job growth. BUSINESS IS THE ENGINE of our economy and the engine of prosperity for all Coloradans.
Studies have shown that businesses that remained committed to long-term competitive growth during bad times surged past competitors
when conditions turned around.
Most states face similar budget challenges to those facing Colorado so if our state makes better strategic,
long-term decisions that support employment growth, we have a real opportunity to propel Colorado forward. CACI will work with our elected
officials to do everything possible to support job growth.
Then, when we emerge from this, we can be what the Governor called “the first state
businesses think of when considering relocation and the last state that they would ever want to leave.”
Join us!
David Tabor
Vice President, Membership and Marketing
Colorado Association of Commerce & Industry