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Colorado House Finance Committee Passes Cadre of Tax Hikes
From Patrick Gleason on Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:15 PM
The Colorado House Finance Committee worked late into the evening last night as they took up a package of bills that, through the elimination of credits and exemptions, would raise taxes on everything from software, to candy, to online purchases, to soft drinks, and in what is sure to cause an explosion of resentment in Colorado's ranching community, even bull semen.Yes, bull semen
As lawmakers in Denver face a budget that is $150 million in the hole for the current budget and projected to be over a billion dollars in the red for the next fiscal year, which begins in July, Finance Committee members approved the tax increase largely along party lines.
The only Taxpayer Protection Pledge signer to vote in committee yesterday, Rep. Kent Lambert (R-District 14), opposed all of the tax increases voted on yesterday. For breaking updates on these bills and other legislative issues in Colorado, follow Rep. Lambert on Twitter: For a list of all Pledge signers in the Colorado legislature, click here.
ATR will continue to urge lawmakers to oppose these measures as they head to the House floor.
For a breakdown of how each Finance Committee member voted, click here. For a list of the tax hikes that passed out of committee last night, along with a description, and fiscal impact, click here.
Comments
Would someone please explain to me how tax hikes can be characterized as a "cadre"? A cadre is a small group of people within an organization. How can there, therefore, be a "cadre" of tax hikes????
>> Sam Larson Thursday, January 28, 2010 11:49 PM Report Comment
Sam Larson, Cadre, despite the official definition which you referenced and did not link to, is commonly used to refer to a small group of anything, not just people. I could have referred to this horrible legislative package as a "gang" of tax increases despite the fact that the official definition of gang, according to Merriam-Webster is "a group of persons working together." Even though these bills are not "persons," as you accurately point out, the usage in this context is widely understood and accepted. Substantive retorts are welcome if you have any. Patrick Gleason ATR
>> Patrick Gleason Friday, January 29, 2010 12:42 AM Report Comment
My authority on words always is the Oxford English Dictionary. I have listed in the Comment that follows this one the Compact OED's definition of cadre along with another dictionary's definition. They both refer to a cadre as made up of PEOPLE. Re your point about your misuse of this word being "widely understood and accepted": I might say "just between you and I" or "me and her went to the movies", and these mistakes would be "widely understood and accepted" -- especially among the benighted hoi polloi. I would also be horribly incorrect and would be doing an incredible injustice to the English language, just as you have with your misuse of the word cadre.
>> Sam Larson Friday, January 29, 2010 2:31 AM Report Comment
FROM THE COMPACT OED: cadre /kaadr/ • noun 1 a small group of people trained for a particular purpose or profession. 2 /also kaydr/ a group of activists in a revolutionary organization. — ORIGIN French, from Latin quadrus ‘square’. FROM THE MACMILLAN DICTIONARY: Macmillan English Dictionary definition of cadre noun [countable] British English pronunciation: cadre /ˈkɑːdə(r)/ Word Forms singular cadre plural cadres 1. a small group of people within a larger organization such as a political party or an army Synonyms or related words for this meaning of Synonyms or related words for this meaning of cadre: more
>> Sam Larson Friday, January 29, 2010 2:45 AM Report Comment
sam, don't you know who you are dealing with here? the folks at ATR aren't interested in the truth or accuracy of any kind. you are wasting your time arguing with them. ATR has the homer simpson attitude: "Facts schmacts! You can use facts to prove ANYTHING that's even REMOTELY true!"
>> please Monday, February 1, 2010 10:45 PM Report Comment