TYT: Anti-Tax Movement Burned By Wildfires In Colorado

[ihavenobias]

"As Colorado Springs battles a rash of robberies after a wildfire that still licks at its boundaries, it does so with fewer police and firefighters and a limited tax base that may hamper its rebound. The place where the Waldo Canyon fire destroyed 346 homes and forced more than 34,000 residents to evacuate turned off one-third of its streetlights two years ago, halted park maintenance and cut services to close a $28 million budget gap after sales-tax revenue plummeted and voters rejected a property-tax increase...".* Residents are turning to the federal government for help. Cenk Uygur, Michael Shure, and Brian Unger discuss on The Young Turks.

*Read more here from Amanda J. Crawford The Seattle Times:

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[SDjack]

1. Rich need another bailout from the struggling masses. n/t