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Colorado Ballot Puts ‘Tax The Rich’ And ‘Trans The Kids’ To The Test

The midterms will show whether Colorado’s leftward shift continues by default, or whether enough residents have decided it’s gone far enough.

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Colorado voters are deciding on three ballot measures that would overhaul the state’s income tax system, set sex-based rules for school and college sports, and restrict certain surgeries for minors.

Amendment 87 would replace Colorado’s flat 4.4 percent income tax with a graduated system. Supporters, including the Bell Policy Center and Protect Colorado’s Future, claim it would lower rates for most households, raise them sharply above roughly $500,000, and dedicate the new revenue to education, health care, and early childhood programs. 

The measure’s brackets, however, would not adjust for inflation. As Nash Herman of the Independence Institute has noted, rising incomes driven largely by inflation would push more taxpayers into higher brackets over time, producing a long-term tax increase for all Coloradans, including those who do not currently fall into the top income tier.

Amendment 87 would also remove language in the state constitution, part of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), that requires all taxable income to be taxed at a single rate. New revenue generated by the higher rates would be treated as a voter-approved change and would not count toward TABOR’s spending limits or be subject to refunds.

Business groups and some large employers have warned that companies with $3 million or more in taxable profit could see their taxes nearly double. A 2025 Colorado Chamber of Commerce report found that nearly 100 companies have left or chosen not to locate in the state since 2019, many citing regulatory costs, with an estimated 13,607 jobs affected. Amendment 87 is so extreme that even the notoriously left-wing........

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