Vote smart, Colorado: Your TABOR refund and your schools depend on it
By Colleen Enos | Commentary, Christian Home Educators of Colorado (CHEC)
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. … That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
The Declaration of Independence proudly declares these words that form the foundational principles of the United States of America. Our country is unique in that the government receives its powers “from the consent of the governed.” That’s us. We are the governed and our consent and direction is required at the ballot box on November 4th.
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