Ken Salazar breaks ranks to oppose Amendment 87 and its $2 billion tax hike

By Marissa Ventrelli | The Denver Gazette

Former U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, a Democrat, has come out against the proposal for a graduated income tax in Colorado, arguing it would hurt workers.

In a video posted to YouTube, Salazar stands at a construction site and tells voters to “vote no on 87,” referring to Amendment 87, the proposed constitutional amendment that, if approved, would raise taxes in Colorado by $2 billion by eliminating the state’s flat income tax rate in favor of tiers.

“It will hurt our workers,” Salazar, a former Colorado attorney general, says of the measure. “We need to bring costs down here in Colorado.”

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