Colorado buys the socialist sandwich: Free lunches and fewer freedoms
By Jon Caldara | Commentary, Colorado Politics
If you’re a fan of limited government, personal liberty, or educational choice, Tuesday night’s election results were a downer, just another one in a long line of depressing elections that has made Colorado more California than California.
However, if you prefer a controlling elite deciding your fate, debt, class envy and teacher unions, it was just another victory in a decade’s long win streak.
I’m curious how multi-billionaire nannyist Michael Bloomberg felt about his out-of-state investment. He put $5 million toward convincing Denver voters adults must stop buying Swisher Sweets cigars (which contains flavored tobacco, the new fentanyl).
As adults drive by marijuana shops selling flavored edibles, liquor stores selling peach-inf...

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