Colorado tax data complicates the “fair share” argument
By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project
High Income Coloradans pay an outsized share of income taxes
As a follow-up to an earlier newsletter on Colorado’s income tax distribution (the graph headlining this post is from that newsletter), I did a summary op ed for Complete Colorado.
That op ed delves into why a progressive income tax in this state would be foolhardy policy.
More, including a link to my earlier newsletter with more context and detail, in the link below.
https://completecolorado.com/2026/05/21/high-income-coloradans-outsized-share-income-taxes/
A different take on easing the tax burden for low income earners
In the first post today, I shared an op ed I wrote which outlines why a progressive income tax (making t...

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