The Colorado Sun recently dropped this gem. In an article by Jesse Paul, State Senator Jeff Bridges wails about Colorado’s now-official $.21 billion revenue shortfall, blaming it on “Trump’s big, beautiful bill” – aka HR-1. The piece spins like a toddler on Mountain Dew, making sure we all know that The Donald wrecked everything while poor little Colorado just sat here saintlike.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Colorado faces a $1.2B shortfall, and Democrats are crying “Trump did it!” faster than toddlers blame the dog for broken vases.
- HR-1 is blamed for sending less federal money to states because it cut taxes (Welcome to living within your means).
- Jeff Bridges, chair of the Joint Budget Committee, acts like this is breaking news, even though Sen. Kirkmeyer admitted back in June that this trainwreck was already barreling down the tracks.
- Medicaid short? Blame Trump. Schools underfunded? Blame Trump. Sky a little too cloudy? You guessed it – Trump.
- Instead of trimming fat like every household in Weld County does when times get tough, the legislature sets sights on TABOR and your wallet.
My Bottom Line
Oh look, Democrats panicking because Uncle Sugar didn’t send as much candy this year. Grab your pearls and fainting couch, y’all. We’re told that Trump’s tax cuts are robbing innocent Coloradans blind…but hold up. Before Trump’s “big beautiful bill” even got out of bed in DC, Colorado was already forecasted to be $700 million in the hole. That hole didn’t come from tax cuts—it came from spending ourselves off a cliff like policy-drunk lemmings.
Senator Jeff Bridges wants us to believe this is all happening to us…but I’ve got a shovel made of math and common sense. We don’t have a revenue problem—we have a leadership problem. We have a government that sees our wallets as walking ATMs and thinks ‘fiscal responsibility’ is some bedtime story grandparents tell when broadband goes out.
You want real leadership? Try slashing bloated line items instead of attacking TABOR like it stole your lunch money. When times get hard in Weld County, folks buy hamburger instead of filet mignon. Up at the Capitol? They just cry broke and reach for another office party funded by your taxes.
So no, Jeff, this isn’t about Trump’s tax plan tanking us; it’s about Democrats making terrible decisions with other people’s money, then pointing fingers when the tab shows up. Time to cut spending and stop trying to gaslight Colorado families into handing over more dough for your incompetence.
