What Amendment 87 Could Mean for Broncos Players and Colorado Employers
By Jon Caldara | Commentary, Colorado Politics
Do you want the Broncos to win the Super Bowl?
Then you’d better hope Amendment 87 — which brings back Colorado’s economy-strangling “graduated” income tax — loses at the ballot box this fall. Seriously.
Forget Republicans and Democrats. Forget tax policy. This is about Xs and Os — and whether Denver can afford the players who execute them and win a Super Bowl.
Every successful business has star employees: rare talents without whom the enterprise simply doesn’t work. Same goes for an NFL franchise.
Every business has star employees the whole operation is built around. Sometimes that star is the chief executive. No Henry Ford, no assembly line, no affordable car. No Steve Jobs, no iPhone — foldable or otherwis...