Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Tax increase on Colorado’s wealthy to fund school meals.

Colorado voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday that will increase taxes for households making at least $300,000 annually to fully fund a program that provides free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 public school students. The average income tax increase for those affected is estimated to be $486.

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... Any leftover money will go toward the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In 2022, Colorado was among the first states to pass a "universal school meal" program, but it has run into budget troubles since then. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-05 08:26 PM

Whoa, let's take a step back here and look at this ...

Instead of giving tax cuts to billionaires that will burden future generations, Colorado wants to make the wealthy pay less than $500 a year to feed children?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-05 10:10 PM

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