Everyone calls for government to be done smarter, more effectively and more efficiently. Our team of public policy experts has written a series of reforms that sets an excellent agenda for Colorado state government. Our practical solutions may be rejected by extremists who will not consider alternatives, but we present a core of actions around which a bipartisan coalition of innovators can rally. Our Citizen’s Budget publications include legislative, constitutional, and policy recommendations to close the looming state budget gap – without raising taxes – and move Colorado towards sustainable government for good.
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2013 Citizens’ Budget
- Full Paper (125 pages)
- Executive Summary
- Introduction and Overview: The State’s Budget
- State Budget Process
- Budgeting Within Our Means
Policy Changes to Make a Difference
- Public Pensions
- Medicaid
- Bridge Enterprise Fund
- K-12 Education
- A Modest Proposal for the Citizen’s Budget
- Colorado Department of Human Services
- Old Age Pension Plan
- Retirement Health Plan
- Higher Education
- Corporate Welfare
- Transportation
- Lottery Proceeds
- Authors
2010 Citizens’ Budget
- Full Paper (170 pages)
- Printer-friendly black and white version
- Executive Summary
- Introduction and Overview
- State Budget Process
- Priority-Based Budgeting
Policy Changes to Make a Difference
- Higher Education
- Education
- Health Care
- Colorado’s Pension Liability
- Retirement Health Benefits
- Transportation
- Old Age Pension Plan
- Corporate Welfare
- Revenues from Tobacco “Master Settlement Agreement” of 1998
- The Case for Further Sentencing Reform in Colorado
- Lottery Proceeds
- Governor’s Energy Office
- Topics Needing Further Study
- Other Operational Savings