Gov. Jared Polis is floating the idea of calling a special legislative session to untangle the hot mess left in the wake of this year’s budget implosion—sparked in part by the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The Sentinel Colorado reports that instead of owning up to their own spending hangover, Democrats are lacing up their dancing shoes and performing that all-too-familiar move: the Blame Trump Two-Step.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Polis may call a special session—which is Denver-speak for “we screwed this up and need more of your money.”
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will be the scapegoat for Colorado Democrats.
- Instead of taking accountability, Democrats are blaming Trump (again), magically forgetting who’s been running this state into debt.
- The forecast? Rainy with a chance of repealing TABOR so they can dig deeper into your wallet.
- Heads up: they started last legislative session $1.2 billion in the red. Now they want a special session to pretend it’s not their fault.
My Bottom Line
Hold on to your wallet, because Governor ‘Alinsky-In-Patagonia’ Polis just hit the gas on another tax-shuffling deflection maneuver—this time packaged as a possible “special session.” Translation? They want more of your income, masked behind bureaucratic ballet and political theater.
Let me translate from Progressive Speak™ into real-life terms: Democrats passed a budget during the last legislative session filled with bloated promises and unpayable bills (lookin’ at you Medicaid expansion and unsustainable programs built with ARPA dollars). Now, rather than fessing up that they lit Colorado’s checkbook on fire, they’re dragging President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act into the arena to scapegoat it. Make no mistake – Colorado’s budget was in a structural deficit before HR1 even passed.
This isn’t about fixing anything. It’ll be about taxing your overtime and tips. It’ll be about distracting voters while preparing their pitchforks for TABOR—the only constitutional protection keeping Colorado taxpayers from bleeding out entirely. You repeal TABOR, what’s next? Free-range socialism sold as fiscal compassion? Look, I don’t care if you’re red, blue, or glow-in-the-dark—if your budgeting tactic involves blaming someone six states away instead of reading your own ledger sheet, you’re not fit to run a lemonade stand, let alone a state.
Colorado’s been making it rain, launching permanent programs on temporary fed dollars. And when funds dry up? Just blame Trump… or better yet, come for our wallets again via a backdoor attempt to inflate revenue through sob stories and blame games. Just remember: every time they say “invest in our future,” what they mean is “bend over, taxpayer.”
Don’t fall for it. This isn’t leadership—it’s political gaslighting dressed in fleece vests and false virtue.
