Bold Solutions.
I want Longmont to be the leader in excellent government. Other cities should follow our model public/private partnerships, redesigning our tax code to promote progress, bring people out of poverty, and set up our children for success.
Bold Solutions.
I want Longmont to be the leader in excellent government. Other cities should follow our model public/private partnerships, redesigning our tax code to promote progress, bring people out of poverty, and set up our children for success.
Municipal wealth fund.
Municipal wealth fund.
Municipal wealth fund.
Cities should hold real stakes in companies they support, ensuring public benefit from private partnerships.
The city wired millions to Costco to bring the store here. I would press for the city to receive the equivalent value in corporate stock or joint ownership of any public private partnership. Not just increased sales tax revenue.
Sales tax is a regressive tax where the lower your income the more it impacts you.
Cities should hold real stakes in companies they support, ensuring public benefit from private partnerships.
The city wired millions to Costco to bring the store here. I would press for the city to receive the equivalent value in corporate stock or joint ownership of any public private partnership. Not just increased sales tax revenue.
Sales tax is a regressive tax where the lower your income the more it impacts you.
Cities should hold real stakes in companies they support, ensuring public benefit from private partnerships.
The city wired millions to Costco to bring the store here. I would press for the city to receive the equivalent value in corporate stock or joint ownership of any public private partnership. Not just increased sales tax revenue.
Sales tax is a regressive tax where the lower your income the more it impacts you.
Land value tax.
Land value tax.
Land value tax.
Reward building and working. Discourage speculation and wasting land.
Reward building and working. Discourage speculation and wasting land.
Reward building and working. Discourage speculation and wasting land.
Break the poverty trap.
Prevent the benefits cliff.
Run a reverse income tax experiment
Break the poverty trap.
Prevent the benefits cliff.
Run a reverse income tax experiment
Break the poverty trap.
Prevent the benefits cliff.
Run a reverse income tax experiment
Our current social safety net creates a poverty trap. If a person makes a small amount of money more they lose thousands in benefits.
We should create a pilot program where we give people a cash benefit that goes down as their income rises but it is never worse to make more money.
Our current social safety net creates a poverty trap. If a person makes a small amount of money more they lose thousands in benefits.
We should create a pilot program where we give people a cash benefit that goes down as their income rises but it is never worse to make more money.
Our current social safety net creates a poverty trap. If a person makes a small amount of money more they lose thousands in benefits.
We should create a pilot program where we give people a cash benefit that goes down as their income rises but it is never worse to make more money.
