Mike Dubn

Every person is unique and no person is special. Work hard to earn it and be humble and thankful.

[Erin Brantley @logiclives]

It’s a wild experience being a reasonable person in the political scene of Colorado. The democrats are so unhinged here that I can’t help but comment on the insanity of it all. It truly is endless. Some may paint me as some hardcore partisan hack for the right because my content is consistently focused on the left. But the Democrats have a heavy majority in CO so I will absolutely point my criticism to them as they are running this train off the tracks.

Now, that doesn’t mean I let the right off the hook…. The GOP here is a disaster. But the truth of it is in this state, the right has very little power and simply aren’t driving policy.
If the right were in charge and pushing bad policy, they’d also hear from me.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

WHY THE HELL AM I PAYING TAXES TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT:

>CANNOT DEFUND THE TALBAN
>CANNOT SECURE OUR ELECTIONS
>CANNOT BALANCE A BUDGET
>CANNOT READ THE BILLS THEY VOTE ON
>CANNOT PASS TERM LIMITS
>CANNOT PASS DOGE CUTS

WHY ARE WE PAYING TAXES?!!!!!!

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@NickRogersBTL @Hickenlooper LA Mayor voting 2.0

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@GovofCO Another government program to save a few hundred dollars for home owners that have seen property taxes go up 3-4x in the last several years. I can’t wait to see how this works out.

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@LisaintheMtns @Survivingcolo Or you could raise strong valued kids that can counter the current movement. Who do you think the reset falls on?

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@andre_hickman @NickRogersBTL Ha, ha! Blows me away that people don’t know what the intention of governing was when this country started a mere 250 years ago.

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@NickRogersBTL @dnvr_is_burning So pathetic. The Federal, state and local governments went from providing necessary public service’s to being activists.

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@Tyler_Polumbus Dang, @Tyler_Polumbus that was “salty!”

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@Ozzyman314 @NickRogersBTL @SenatorBennet Talk about delusional by believing the main stream talking points. Keep your head up and your eyes open to other ideas. Good evening!

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@Ozzyman314 @NickRogersBTL @SenatorBennet Hmmm, you bring up a good point. Tina Peters was sentenced by a conservative judge and pardoned by a liberal governor. How does that is fits your narrative?

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@Ozzyman314 @NickRogersBTL @SenatorBennet I will refer back to no cash bail and up you liberal judges giving multiple “chances” in sentencing

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@Ozzyman314 @NickRogersBTL @SenatorBennet If we had honest, nonpartisan judges, none of it would be needed.

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@LeaderJohnThune I hate seen a ratio like that in a bit! Do your job Thune!

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@Ozzyman314 @NickRogersBTL @SenatorBennet Have you heard of no cash bail that most big blue cities have?

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@SenatorHick Guilty by peers does not equal the sentencing by a judge. This was leveling the sentence, not the crime that was convicted.

[Colorado Unfiltered @COUnfiltered]

I swear you can’t make this shit up:

HB26-1289 might be one of the most aggressively “don’t look over here” bills of the entire session.

This thing is basically Colorado government emptying your wallet while explaining that it’s technically not stealing because they used the phrase “tax expenditure modernization.”

Because in Colorado politics nothing is EVER called:
- higher taxes
- more revenue extraction
- government needing more money

No no no.

Everything gets wrapped in consultant language like a mobster putting a silk glove on before robbing you.

Colorado lawmakers could mug somebody in an alley and call it a “wallet equity redistribution initiative.”

It’s:
- “modernization”
- “restructuring”
- “alignment”
- “adjustments”
- “reclassification”
- “federal conformity”
- “revenue optimization”

Brother lawmakers could mug a guy in LoDo at 2AM and call it a “voluntary liquidity reallocation initiative.”

And buried inside HB26-1289 is a whole buffet of:
- removing exemptions
- changing deductions
- expanding taxable categories
- shifting conformity rules
- tweaking tax credits
- and moving money around with the type of accounting gymnastics that would make the IRS say “damn calm down.”

The funniest part is how this stuff always gets presented.

Every press release sounds like:
“This bill responsibly modernizes Colorado’s fiscal framework for long-term sustainability.”

Meanwhile the average Colorado resident is sitting there like:
“My insurance went up $180, eggs cost more than ammunition, my registration fee looks like a mortgage payment, and now the state is digging through my pockets like a raccoon in a campground.”

At this point Colorado budgeting feels like a guy who maxed out six credit cards, refinanced the truck twice, took out a HELOC, and is now trying to convince his wife the real issue is they’re not monetizing the garage enough.

And when people get frustrated, lawmakers act shocked.

Brother you cannot keep:
- removing ways people keep their money
- expanding what gets taxed
- shifting revenue streams around
- and inventing new fiscal wizardry every session

…and then act confused when taxpayers start looking at the Capitol like it’s an organized crime syndicate with committee hearings.

#copolitics

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@SenatorBennet Grift because you offer nothing to the people who you “represent.”

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Great to see America’s late-night TV hosts come together yesterday as a shining example of the DEI they love preaching about.

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@GavinNewsom I see a blue check and still wonder if this is satire.

[Mike Dubn @mikedubn]

@NBAMemes Picture of Lakers (and 29 other teams) foul right there. Good shot!