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Home 🌿 Recreational Marijuana News 🌿 Colorado Prop BB pot issue, labeled a 'tax increase,' faces political hurdle 🌿Colorado Prop BB pot issue, labeled a 'tax increase,' faces political hurdle
The low-profile statewide ballot measure that arrives in mailboxes this week is focused on a familiar political debate about what constitutes a tax hike — an argument that is causing friction among conservatives.
The question Colorado voters will answer in the November election is how to handle $66.1 million of recreational marijuana taxes collected in the first year of legalization.
The options outlined in Proposition BB are clear: Allow lawmakers to spend the money, with $40 million going to school construction and the remainder to other programs, or refund a $25 million portion to taxpayers and $41 million to marijuana growers and users.
The measure’s opponents argue that allowing the state to spend the money represents a tax increase. The potent message adds a brighter political glare to the debate and is likely to trouble...
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