6 Percent Solution: What You Can Do To Help and Why We Need It

This week, a bill is expected to be introduced in the legislature that would eliminate the 6 percent Arveschoug-Bird general fund appropriations provision. Legislators and other state leaders must hear from you about why Colorado must take this action now.

The 6 percent provision prevents Colorado from making smart decisions based on key priorities, current economic conditions, and Coloradans’ needs. If we don’t eliminate the 6 percent provision, general fund cuts made now will effectively be permanent. When the economy recovers, and the one-time federal stimulus goes away, other states will restore their investments, while the ratchet effect of the 6 percent provision will keep Colorado at recession-level spending. That’s bad for jobs, bad for our economy, and bad for Colorado families.

Here's what you can do:

CONTACT THE GOVERNOR

CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR

Tell Them: Colorado Needs to Get Rid of the 6 Percent
So We Can Get Out of the Recession Faster!