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Kristi Burton Brown

Kristi Burton Brown

Colorado Republican activist and attorney; Executive Vice President of the Advance Colorado Institute and Republican member of the Colorado State Board of Education (CD 4), former chair of the Colorado Republican Party.

Sep 28, 2026

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What’s at Stake in Colorado’s Income Tax Debate?

Sep 28 · 31m

Ed SealoverHOST
20:19
Tell me what's wrong with that argument.
Kristi Burton Brown
Kristi Burton BrownGUEST
20:21
It's a very short-sighted argument.
Kristi Burton Brown
Kristi Burton BrownGUEST
20:23
It can sound good to some people, but when you start diving deep into the actual policy, that's not the reality of what happens.
Kristi Burton Brown
Kristi Burton BrownGUEST
20:30
First of all, you can look at other states that have considered or passed similar taxes.
Kristi Burton Brown
Kristi Burton BrownGUEST
20:34
When Massachusetts passed a progressive tax rate, 150,000 people exited the state, including a lot of job creators.
Kristi Burton Brown
Kristi Burton BrownGUEST
20:42
When California even considered a wealth tax, just put it on the ballot, $27 billion in revenue exited the state.
Kristi Burton Brown
Kristi Burton BrownGUEST
20:48
And so when you look at Colorado, third most expensive state in the nation, working families are already having trouble making ends meet.
Ed SealoverHOST
24:07
With those recurring shortfalls, why shouldn't the state be looking for new revenue like we see in this question?

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