I can show at least one tax cut or eliminated for each year I have been in elected office.  Some years, like last year, I did not manage to cut any.  Some years I cut more than one.

When serving as Mayor, MCI came to the city with a proposal for locating a major operations center there.  In order to induce them to move, they asked us to waive the use tax on building materials that would be needed to complete improvements to their offices.  We did not merely waive the tax for them.  Instead, we eliminated the tax permanently for everyone.  It was the equitable thing to do.  Taxes should be fair, and tax cuts should be equally fair. 

Also in city government, I led the effort to eliminate the sales and use taxes on the purchase of cars, and lowered the property tax every year.  As County Commissioner, I led the effort to reduce the Business Personal Property Tax, increasing the state exemption from $2,500 to $10,000 over four years.  Many cities and districts in the county joined us in making these cuts.   

This year in the Senate, I will again propose making similar cuts statewide. 

TABOR - the Taxpayers Bill of Rights - has been an effective brake on the growth of government in Colorado.  I have always sought to comply not only with the taxing and revenue limitations in TABOR, but also with regard to provisions dealing with long term debt.   TABOR requires that multi-year debt obligations should be put to a vote of the people.  Many politicians have attempted to circumvent this requirement with carefully worded schemes that make debt subject to successive annual appropriations.  I have always found it better to simply comply with TABOR.