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Listen below as Senator Carson talks about how this deceptive bill (SB-135) would “be by far the largest tax increase in the history of Colorado” and could raise taxes by as much as $7,400 PER PERSON. Most Colorado families can't afford a thousand-dollar tax increase, let alone $7,400 that...

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