Colorado Businesses Warn State Policies Threaten Economic Future

By Dan Grossman | Denver7

DENVER — Colorado businesses said they’re almost twice as worried about our state’s economic future as they are about the nation’s.

This is from the Colorado Business Roundtable survey that just came out.

The survey asked 50 business executives about what’s concerning them. The responses point toward Colorado’s affordability issues and policies supporting workers.

“What we’ve been seeing over time is really the layering on effect of regulation, rules for businesses that really add a cost of doing business to Colorado,” Colorado Business Roundtable President Debbie Brown said. “When the economy is strong, our view is that everybody benefits. But also, as a former small business owner, I really appreciate the fact that unneeded regulation and overburden regulate regulatory environment can really dampen that system for everybody.”

Brown owned a consulting firm when Proposition 118 was voted into law in Colorado in 2020. It was enacted last year and guarantees the right to paid family or medical leave.

While it’s a good move for worker rights in Colorado, it only adds to the cost of doing business here.

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