Free Market in Blue Colorado? Democratic Gov Jared Polis Argues for Economic Freedom

Colorado Governor Jared Polis isn't like most Democrats.
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Polis used to run businesses.
He sold his online flower company and a greeting card company for more than a billion dollars.
Maybe that’s why Polis understands how an economy works.
For example, he signed a law that lets kids in Colorado run lemonade stands without government interference.
“Every entrepreneur started somewhere,” Polis says.
He fights for economic freedom in many other ways:

[@Excard0n]

You cant be Libertarian when you restrict the second amendment.

[@Brewski203]

His immigration pitch is fine but sounds like he wants to help those who came here illegally already. What about the ones who are waiting and following our laws?

[@sconnell1791]

Or try to force people to provide a service or make a product that violates their religious beliefs.

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@dansschoolofschool Also when Social Security awards disability to people who just don't like to work. I have seen it firsthand! My lazy stepmother who just ruined my house in Kentucky is a government leach, she can work but plays the government into thinking she can't work. And when I say ruined my house, she abandoned it after a pipe burst, had trash piled up outside, the city almost took it due to code violations. Thank God I have friends that are watching it now. My late Father bought that house from the city for a dollar, he fixed it up and now it's worth over $100,000. Now I have to make a road trip all the way to Kentucky to fix it up myself just so I can sell it. She Even lied to me and said that the city already took possession of the house.

[@mitch_the_-itch]

@@RealMTBAddict BS. The Social Security admin hands out bennies like they are their own, lol. To get SS in a way other than age you must pay a Lawyer who then wants a large percentage for the rest of your life, lol. Government ruins everything and SS was created to fail spectacularly.

[@LibertarianRF]

@@dansschoolofschool LOL lazy surplus that is hilarious

[@user-mq4vo3mk1s]

People’s Republic of Colorado, the state that will not allow you to collect rainwater on your property.

[@intellectualiconoclasm3264]

100 gal retained at one time, can be topped off every storm. It's not nothing but it's far from reasonable. For example, that applies to residential homes, farms are still banned from ANY COLLECTION.

[@bockskarr6626]

He's making the guy to be a Dem savior but taking a wang up the butt isn't a good idea and ya gotta question someone's decision making skills

[@RealMTBAddict]

That has been reversed. Check laws before you type.

[@SonofTiamat]

​@@RealMTBAddict🤓

[@roseblite6449]

Not to mention Gun Bans, no carrying, etc.

[@intellectualiconoclasm3264]

Now ask him about inalienable rights like Speech or Ownership of Arms.

[@cassiecaradoc2070]

or freedom of association

[@ledzeppelin1212]

Can't be a Libertarian by restricting the Second Amendment!

[@TenGreenRangers]

Of by forcing people to provide services for gay weddings.

[@ledzeppelin1212]

@@TenGreenRangers Agreed. I'd love to see Stossel drill him in the full interview.

[@joshuamathews5507]

Economically libertarian. There are obvious reasons to restrict the second amendment, especially when it comes to mentally unhealthy individuals accessing firearms. Do you realize how many shootings we have had in our state? Columbine HS, the theater shooting on the front range, the one at the Boulder supermarket. Not to mention suicides, there were several at the high school I went to using guns. We have a major gun problem in America, and it stems from ineffective background checks and gun safety training. Why should any bloke be able to purchase a semi automatic rifle? These are designed to be weapons. I love going shooting, but should we trust anyone off the street with such a powerful weapon? The second amendment was intended to prevent an authoritarian government from taking over. Not self-defense, not hunting, not shooting for pleasure. The British government was ridiculously oppressive towards us, and it made sense to allow everyone to own a bayonet and blunderbuss, especially with the threat of hostile natives (although I strongly disagree with the way we pushed them off their land) But did Jefferson anticipate the availability of rifles that can shoot multiple rounds per second? I highly doubt it. I think we should approach the second amendment the same way Switzerland arms their citizens. Required military training with a thorough mental background check. As far as requiring businesses to cater to LGBTQ weddings, it’s reasonable to require if you consider sexual orientation to be an innate human condition. Should the government allow white owned business to deny services to other races? I would imagine a gay governor would consider it a fundamental part of his identity, similar to one’s race or cultural background. Does the first amendment permit people with a religion that discriminated against race to deny service to other races? Is sexual identity on the same level as race? A purely libertarian take on this would permit this kind of discrimination by private businesses. I’m not pretending to know the answers.

[@Frankthetank-et7wo]

​@@joshuamathews5507You used "bloke" in your comment. Gave your hand away pretty quick your a brit and not an American, thus your opinion is invalid.

[@6699230]

@@joshuamathews5507 Sophistry, nonsense!🙃🙃

[@joe6281]

He's the same governor who continuously allows a single bakery to be harassed by activists.

[@travisbishop782]

That's because he's lgbt himself. Hell, he got married to his husband during the lockdowns.

[@user-hm1zb8js5i]

What is wrong with that? People have the right to free speech and to protest.

[@nothanks3236]

@@user-hm1zb8js5i The bakery was vindicated by the legal system. Continuing to "protest" them and attempt to harm their sales is harassment, not free speech.

[@joe6281]

you have an incorrect understanding of what occurred. I will not hold that against you. @@user-hm1zb8js5i

[@user-hm1zb8js5i]

@nothanks3236 If you truly believed in a free market, then these people boycotting a homophobic business is perfectly fine and goes to show businesses must remain popular with the market. People also still have a right to protest, even if it's against a court decision.

[@Rejoice1631]

That's what some of us call a "bait, and switch" kind of guy... "Less gov involvment" in smaller matters, but in the big one? Heavy handed restrictions, and flaky liberal/left ideology....

[@ElectricalExistence]

Yea, you cant fix the 2 party system. Both are controlled by zionists.

[@gblargg]

His immigration stance ruins him.

[@msromike123]

Right on! We literally moved from Colorado to Arkansas, in part because of Polis and the tyrannical executive, legislative and judicial branch in Colorado. (I didn't know that was what it was called but chatGPT helped me out on that one.) Google AI search result: "It's called "tyranny" when the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government are all in the same hands." Thanks to Polis (in part) and the Colorado government, Colorado is almost as extreme as California, the only reason they aren't equal or worse is their lack of sophistication and experience. Stossel you are being blinded by your love of libertarianism. This guy is no more libertarian than Marx was.

[@richavic4520]

I'm going to watch the full interview. Then I'll decide on how to feel about the man. Immigration isn't an issue with me. Unfettered entry by using magic words is.

[@north_borne]

​@richavic4520 as someone living in Colorado for 3 years now, Jared Polis is an absolute scumbag.

[@justinsane7128]

He's the worst Governor Colorado's ever had

[@RealMTBAddict]

California immigrants voted this loser in office.

[@CarbageMan]

There've been worse-even recent ones-all Democrats.

[@justinsane7128]

He's trying to kill two of the three top industries in Colorado, I don't remember any other Governor doing the same.

[@almeisam]

My mother, RIP, always told me Hickenlooper was the worst. If Polis is worse than that.... there's no words for it.

[@justinsane7128]

@@almeisam yeah magazine ban hickenlooper, proven to be corrupt, and yet Colorado / Dominion elected him senator

[@krishisel5316]

I love in Commierado, Polis is decidedly not libertarian. He destroyed gas and oil industry in Western Colorado and his gun policies are tyrannical.

[@JoshPaterson]

That's what pissed me off the most. We had just voted in several oil/gas measures the November before he came into office and he overturned all of it.

[@ClokworkGremlin]

Hickenlooper did his absolute best to drive all industry and commerce out of the state. Polis is doing what he can to finish the job. He also appointed a chronic animal abuser to the veterinary board, and gives a free pass to blatant election meddling.

[@coolioso808]

Let me get this straight: A good, healthy, economic policy would be: More oil and gas drilling and exploitation of workers in those fields and more open access to weapons, with a growing income inequality rate that correlates to more violent tendencies?

[@JoshPaterson]

@@coolioso808 The answer to all but your last question is a resounding YES! Growing income equality is created by the never ending stream of dipshit politicians wasting our money on nonsense like wars, global warming and the "pandemic".

[@krishisel5316]

@@coolioso808 tell me you're a commie without telling me you're a commie. Your ideology is responsible for 100's of millions of deaths. You should probably stay out of this pinko.

[@CanonMatters2Me]

He will only be remembered for four things. Abortion up to birth, homelessness, anti-2A, and drug legalization creates immense challenges the government cant fix. Colorado is now 5 years from California.

[@Wanderlust073]

I'll remember him as another lockdown dictator same as the rest.

[@JamesSmullins]

I just passed through Colorado twice going to and from Wyoming for vacation. From Texas to south Dakota Colorado was the only place we didn't feel safe when stopping for gas. My gun remained on me at all times it was so bad and that's stopping at loves stations which are clean and good employees in every other state I've traveled except for Colorado. Loves should just close them all due to such sorry help who are obviously more concerned with getting high than working. Seeing Colorado made me change my mind on legalizing weed after seeing all the stoned people.

[@joshtracy4441]

@@JamesSmullinshonest question, I’m a Texan of 21 years. Live in suburbs of Denver. Where did you stop for gas?!? I drove 20,000 miles in last year in Colorado and maybe 1 gas station off colfax had me concerned. 😂😂😂

[@joshtracy4441]

@@JamesSmullinsthe people you see are NOT stoned. They are on the 3rd day of a meth binge, or currently nodding out on heroin. I smoke weed, it’s honestly a slap to my face to compare a street zombie on WAY more than just weed to your average stoner. Edit:I know this because I ask the beggars, they only way you get a dollar is if you admit what drug has you on streets. 70% say meth, 25% heroin, 5% alcohol.

[@JamesSmullins]

@@joshtracy4441 which is stoned, doesn't matter what they are on at the time. Stoned, high, wasted whatever word you choose all mean the same thing regardless of method used to get there.

[@TheRiverPirate13]

The Governor Polis here doesn't come off as freedom loving as he is being portayed. Wolf in sheep's clothing.

[@RealMTBAddict]

I think he's a sociopath telling people want they want to hear depending on the audience.

[@kennethfharkin]

Freedom loving for those freedoms he approves of ;-)

[@Recovering_Californian]

I don't worry too much what people say. What folks do it what is important.

[@mikebarnea4789]

Looking forward to the full interview

[@userJohnSmith]

He's stopped a lot of the worst nonsense, but he's still a Democrat. He's just a Colorado Democrat so not completely nuts. Ghanal was just a trash panda so I would take anything she said as though it was legit. I voted for her but I didn't feel great about it.

[@jeffdittrich6778]

Bull. He is pro gun control. That is not pro liberty.

[@SofaaKing2]

HIS PARENTS owned those businesses and he profited. He went to private schools in California and DOES NOT BELONG IN COLORADO. He may have fooled Stossel, but he doesnt fool me.

[@Derideo]

Stossel is either an idiot or a phony. Or both. This video proves it.

[@timpavilion3156]

this is the only time I've disliked one of stossel's videos

[@TheWorldsprayer]

@@timpavilion3156 from the sound of it, he intentionall saves the criticism for the end. He lets polis sound good, and then turns it around at the end as enticement to watch the REAL video.

[@MuleysAndBushcraft]

Yeah he does tease a modicum of awareness to Polis’ anti freedom agenda at the end but he leads in a way that is at best misleading. Polis has been a terrible governor. He is quickly driving the state into the ground with economic mishandling, gun control, crime, and an unattainable cost of living.

[@commonmandenver7370]

You are spot on. His mother started the floral business! And then the two of them worked in the greeting cards. Then at the hight of the DotCom Era, they sold it for insane money.!!

[@davidlemon7543]

Im in Colorado. Polis pretends to be libertarian, but really is not. And the local media here protects him. He appoints total authoritaians to boards that regulate the shit out of everything on his behalf, while he gets to keep his hands clean. Just this year, plastic bags now have a $0.10 per bag fee, and they also make you pay sales tax on top of the bags. This is just one example of the unbearable this Jared Polis inflicts on us. He is not a live and let live guy.

[@coloradomountainman8659]

They went so far as to name the plastic grocery bags "single use" bags. Everyone, and I mean 100% of everyone I know is pissed as they always reused the bags. More lies from the Polis administration.

[@leehenry5764]

In England we pay about £.30p which is about $.36 cent for a plastic bag. It used to be £.05p when it came out. Government taxes the hell out of anything over here.

[@joshtracy4441]

Just remember no bags at all next year, fully outlawed. Fucking polis

[@mjm2203]

​@@coloradomountainman8659 At least here in the Midwest, everyone I know has a "bag of bags" -- a master plastic bag stuffed with other plastic bags. We use it to carry leftovers, hold laundry, little bathroom or car trash bags, carry snacks to the little league games, etc. It's the paper bags that get soggy, tear, can't handle the weight, that turn out to be the single use bags. I remember when plastic bags replaced paper, we were told paper bags were single use, that the plastic ones were better, durable and reusable. They just lie constantly.

[@JoshPaterson]

Did you look at all the candidates for mayor this year? I spent over 2 hours going through everyone of them. All leftist nonsense candidates. I wrote myself in.

[@cjm7685]

Nothing free about Colorado.

[@rcud1]

Polis pushes very liberal policies on the people of Colorado regularly and is working to restrict fossil fuels until they can ban them altogether. Colorado is following down the road that California is on.

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

As a matter of fact, Colorado voted that all California emissions laws will be enforced in Colorado. It's crazy.

[@darbyheavey406]

Prosecuted a Christian bakes just to promote sexual confusion until the SCOTUS stopped it.

[@majermike]

nothing wrong with pushing liberal policies so long as they get rid of government, like drug legalization. the liberal/conservative dichotomy is a scam to promote tribalism and discourage thought.

[@TenGreenRangers]

60 percent of US electricity is produced with Fossl Fuels.. And 100% of food is delivered via fissil fuels. It's not about the environment... Oil Companies don't foster leftist viewpoints, just another attack against political opponents.

[@coolioso808]

Restricting fossil fuels is bad, why? Are you happy that Joe Biden opened up more oil drilling in Alaska?

[@jrexchandler1]

"Less authoritarian" isn't exactly a ringing endorsement. And ask him about guns.

[@jirehla-ab1671]

TAKE NOTE: What the woke left mean is White / Whiteness / white supremacy means capitalism, not your skin color. (They aren't discriminating white people) Anti-fascist = anti free market capitalism Anti-racism means anti-capitalism, not discrimination to white people or other groups. the lgbt community are not the problem, its the Queer marxsists are, & we need to bring those who are brainwashed by these marxsists out.

[@yoginitonya4237]

If he believed in economic freedom then he wouldn’t have said we couldn’t operate our business and put up a Orwellian informant hotline so people could turn in their neighbors.

[@sexistspaghettios]

John's a little lost, like in his last video when he said something along the lines of "NY politicians allowed the people of NY to he more free during the vid." 😂

[@AYANOfficial3]

He’s about as “free market” as Tim Walz.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs and increased wages from American businessmen, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs and increased wages for Mexicans, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@smking100]

Polis is not a libertarian. He is a Democrat libertine. He still wants to control your life, but he wants you to be high so you don't care. BTW, weren't those corner drug dealers also entrepreneurs?

[@shrimuyopa8117]

They still have corner drug dealers. The issue is that those drug dealers are no longer selling weed, they are selling crack and fentanyl.

[@freedomrings1420]

I'm 63 and the worst part about smoking pot in the day is that it makes you passive. You don't care about politics or arguing about things. That is why the government wants people smoking pot. If everyone is smoking pot .... no one will fight back.

[@cacornhusker2940]

Hookers are Entrepreneurs too. - H. Biden

[@kilburn1313]

@@freedomrings1420 G'Day I am 63 also, smoke nearly every day for many years, all I seem to do now is read about politics & ride my bike,

[@LordFalconsword]

Calling him a libertarian is like calling a leopard a housecat, right after it mauls you.

[@Zach-sg5uu]

Right after being mauled by Pitbulls! People will claim you should own multiple of them!

[@kawasukiyamahonda]

"The govt does a lot of stuff that isn't necessary" - Jared Polis The same Jared Polis that just signed off on a 3 day waiting period to purchase a firearm plus additional useless, unconstitutional gun control, because like he said...the government does a lot of stuff that isn't necessary.

[@realretta]

The same one who restricted our magazine sizes and drove business out of state as a result.

[@ClokworkGremlin]

@@realretta Technically that was Hickenlooper. Polis makes Hickenlooper look like a saint.

[@coolioso808]

Constitution is a piece of paper, money is a concept sometimes shown as a piece of paper, all those are suggestions, but manifest as mechanisms of control in a monetary-market society. Everything is for sale by the rich, including laws and natural resources we need for our basic survival. Turns out humans were forced into a monetary society by the ruling elites long ago and still are under that boot, today. The worst part is that the infinite growth incentive of the market is unsustainable. The seams are coming apart. Heading off a cliff. We need system change. New, better, self-sustaining community-based system that is full of cooperation and collaboration, creating abundance and prosperity to the point where we don't need money anymore. That's already a possibility. For those who want it.

[@davidclaiborne5280]

Colorado resident here. Polis is no supporter of principled small government. Don’t be fooled.

[@jasonjohnson4170]

I don't trust politicians... ever. Not this one either.

[@Reykool1]

But like every other Americans who "hates" politicians you blindly OBEY their rules...You did wear a mask , got vaccinated followed arrows on the floor. kept 3 feet away from other people stayed home in useless lockdown that destroyed our economy .none of this backed up by real science ..for almost 3 years ..while blindly believing anything you see on TV (mostly dictated by the politicians you hate so much) like 1.1 million Americans died from COVID. a LIE based on manipulated datas ...and you are ready for the next one..PEOPLE DESERVE WHO THEY VOTE FOR...How do you call doing the same thing over and over expecting different result ?

[@justingolden21]

It's possible for them to be good. Often not, but not impossible. If you never trust them, you may be right 99% of the time, but it leaves no room to improve the shit system.

[@dripside2102]

this guy gets it.

[@SaysEveryone]

*Especially* not this one.

[@onieyoh9478]

The tax that truly needs to be abolished is property tax. There's literally no way to morally, ethically, or constitutionally justify such a heinous abuse of a persons human rights as to claim all their property is nothing more than being rented from the state.

[@freedomrings1420]

Exactly, I live in Florida in a mobile home park. It's nice and cheap. But people say that I don't own the property.... I say do you really own your property. Try not paying property taxes in a state like NY . LOL 😂, you will be living on the streets real fast.

[@waffle8364]

Are you serious? Land is never free. It's owned by the state. The state can legally evict you even if you bought the land with cash for what ever reason. It's been like that since always.

[@arasb3258]

At least, it must be capped at 1% and never ever any higher, and no property taxes on a person over 65 for their main residence. Can't kick out elderly retired persons from the home they already PAID FOR!

[@Dat_Sun]

My tax assessment was 250k over market. Grand County, CO

[@themasterrogerdelgado]

@@waffle8364 A fallacious appeal to history isn't an argument - Israel and the Cayman Islands for example do not assess property tax for individuals. Of course, now you can attack my examples instead of the idea of freedom from property tax.

[@pmvanwyhe]

He tries to eliminate or circumvent TABOR every chance he gets then takes credit for it when the law forces him to return some of the tax payers money. He's two-faced at best.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Here in the Springs They are trying to steal the TABOR money to build a new police training center. Even though crime is steadily low and hasn't really raised in the past couple of years they're trying to convince us that we need more cops.

[@billyruben116]

So true. He is a charlatan.

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

This exactly! Polis has been horrible for Colorado!

[@chapter4travels]

Calling a Democrat libertarian is fighting words, if he actually acted as a libertarian the democratic party would disown him and get him canceled.

[@segalliongaming8925]

I’ll never forget being called an “enemy of the state” by a woke guy just because I declared myself a libertarian. And I even flat out said that I don’t support Trump.

[@abcdef-ms9mb]

​@@segalliongaming8925haha, well. I'm sure he wasn't intelligent enough to know why he's kind of right. Libertarians want to restrict the government, the government wants to restrict freedoms. You... kind of are the enemy of the state. And that's a good thing.

[@karlstrauss2330]

Watching Colorado go from a rugged red state to a reliably blue state has been one of the most depressing political transformations in my lifetime.

[@MuleysAndBushcraft]

Well said. As a Colorado native who has been exiled to Ohio due to the continual encroachments on freedom and economic opportunity, I weep at the desolation of my once great state.

[@gregmortonoutdoors]

You can blame the pathetic Colorado GOP for that one. They failed.

[@bandjolyn]

It's Denver and the billionaire ski towns that are blue, everywhere else is still red. It's the same story as every other state, urban vs rural.

[@nothanks3236]

Totally depressing for me, because I've wanted to move to Colorado for 30 years, and now that I could finally afford to, it turns into a Democrat shithole where they're taxing anything that moves.

[@gregmortonoutdoors]

@bandjolyn Pueblo, too but God knows why it is.

[@Jester-nt1tw]

As a Colorado native resident, I have to admit the Governor is one of the smoothest far left politicians around. Libertarian not really. Almost everything he has done restricts personal freedom and is very soft on crime.

[@xesxblackarrow7912]

Ever since weed became legal

[@ClokworkGremlin]

He also openly legislates against his business competitors. He's abusing the seat of Governor for long-term financial gain.

[@cassiecaradoc2070]

@@ClokworkGremlin you mean like killing the Colorado gas industry so it doesn't compete with his Canadian gas holdings?

[@tigerburn81]

But he's gay, so stop your hate speech there Adolf.

[@arod1766]

Decririminalization is libertarianism

[@richardcheckerman4312]

Colorado is f'ed up. Too many Californians moved there and messed it up.

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

He’s destroyed Colorado

[@philis05]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Polis created ‘California East’ where you can’t afford to live in the state

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Most expensive state outside of northeast and west coast

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs and increased wages from American businessmen, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs and increased wages for Mexicans, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@Pamela-pg8hj]

Ask Polis about the rising crime rates in Colorado. We see and feel the effects of his governing!

[@TheHamburgler123]

#1 in the country for auto theft, baby! From January to July of this year there were over 800 vehicles stolen from DIA alone. It's getting ridiculous. I almost feel fortunate that I only own and drive beaters lol.

[@mxerb5912]

Yeah they outlawed plastic bags at grocery stores. Real free

[@pinkmillk]

So, he had successful businesses. Now he made it easy for kids to open a lemonade stand, so he can force them to make gay lemonade!? That's rough.

[@callak_9974]

Not an American, but this is why places with many states/provinces are interesting to live in. Each one does different things and you can go move to any of them which fits your beliefs the best.

[@brkbtjunkie]

@@callak_9974true, except ALL States MUST make laws that are in line with the US Constitution, and that’s the problem, you have states that have essentially banned constitutional rights.

[@73stingrayvette]

​​@@callak_9974but individual states are still not supposed to be violating constitutionally protected civil rights. Otherwise chattel slavery would still be legal in many states.

[@agsmom04]

HE didn't have a successful business, his parents did. HE sold it.

[@Dawn737]

He didn't have a successful business. Pro-flowers sold junk flowers that they hoped you wouldn't figure out, because whoever you sent them to was supposed to be to polite to tell you.

[@mxerb5912]

Don’t be fooled by this guy. Colorado quality of life has definitely sank. High crime, tent cities #1 in car thefts.

[@BK-qu6lj]

Colorado native here. Not a fan of Polis. His soft on crime policy is horrible and he did 15$ minimum wage, paid family sick leave.

[@realretta]

Since the mininimum wage went up we have had to cut back on some items and things like eating out. Coupled with inflation, it is a disaster for our family.

[@OhSayWhatIsTruth]

@@realretta Is there a chance you can leave?

[@realretta]

@@OhSayWhatIsTruth I have to wait bout three years, but I will go.

[@njpianoman500]

yeah poor families having some chance of making rent if they're sick lol.

[@yoshisaidit7250]

polis hates your 2A

[@davidweikle9921]

Always has.

[@Brandon-Larocque]

This is soooo wrong. I escaped CO after Polis got elected by the inflood of Bay Area Californians. He shuttered countless businesses under COVID and ran energy and firearm companies out of the state. He is authoritarian, not Libertarian. Stossel's staff got their research wrong on this one.

[@Parcha64]

He's just a vote buyer. It's all toothless "free market" rhetoric but the taxes and regulations stay.

[@FKA_Skull]

Don’t fall for his bullshit, I can’t even get grocery bags now in Colorado, it’s insane.

[@ClokworkGremlin]

I mean, you can. If you pay like 1,000x markup for them.

[@outdoorfr3ak]

As a Colorado native polis has ruined this state. Ask him why we're incentivizing homelessness in our state by giving them cell phones. And how does the strictest gun laws Colorado has seen are being put up for vote under him? Anti 2a is not libertarian

[@SpartacusColo]

As a 50-year resident of Colorado, this teaser is absolutely baffling. Welfare programs, fees, and anti-gun legislation is skyrocketing in Colorado. Businesses are shutting down due to the lockdowns and rampant homelessness. Polis has had nothing to do with the recent income tax reduction initiatives which have gone through. Polis forced people to vaccinate for COVID. My jaw is hanging open.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, the tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs and increased wages from American businessmen, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs and increased wages for Mexicans, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@willworknow]

CO is one of the few states that allows for non-violent felons to still own guns. Not sure how that works with the feds, probably not well if they refer to feds. I'm unvaxd...how did he force the vax? My company COULD have been unvaxd, if they (people not company) weren't sheep.

[@DieselRamcharger]

No one FORCED anyone to vaccinate. You all took that jab of your own volition.

[@SpartacusColo]

@@DieselRamcharger Threatening people's jobs is forcing them to comply with your wishes. What rock were you living under to have missed that?

[@DieselRamcharger]

@@SpartacusColo No, its not. Coercive pressure isnt "Force". NO ONE held a gun to your head. NO ONE held you down and FORCED that needle into your arm. No one was RAPED you were ALL WILLING PARTICIPANTS. You can twist it however you want. If you were forced, why am i not vaxxed? Because i made a decision you did not. I said fine, fire me. I dont give a fuck. You cant rape my body. YOU MADE A CHOICE. Live with it. Loser.

[@johnr8439]

I just moved from Colorado because it's become the California Rocky Muntains with all the woke BS and Polis is part of the problem.

[@billysmith6284]

Colorado is a great place to live.. and people are still leaving. No water, horrible traffic and any property or home will cost you at least a bazillion dollars.. it sucks and will never improve as a blue state..

[@swesleyc7]

2022 had the 1st net negative year in a while. It's been growing but it's maxed out.

[@aarondewsnap6246]

@@swesleyc7 it is and their is talk that the water infrastructure can't handle more growth. However, I don't think that will slow anything down.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs and increased wages from American businessmen, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs and increased wages for Mexicans, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@richardslingwine3197]

We DON'T have a labor shortage in this country. We have MILLIONS who are not in the work force because we subsidize not-working.

[@mattdillon4398]

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! I always said that starvation is a tremendous motivator to work!

[@TearThatRedFlagDown]

Welfare should only be for a month to begin with, that's plenty of time to find a new job and welfare should be below minimum wage to actually incentivise people to get off their asses and look for work. But yeah, immigration is no solution to inflation, which is a government created problem because inflation is the result of money creation. Immigration actually drives down wages, which will only make an existing problem worse.

[@richardslingwine3197]

@@mattdillon4398 I've been hungry before. Have worked my tush off ever since.

[@amandahuginkiss4098]

When you incentivise certain behaviours you get more of those behaviours. It's pretty simple really.

[@jryan9547]

Exactly. Another government created problem.

[@MalPal045]

We who live in the “free state” of CO know differently.

[@kevindowell6003]

As a Colorado native, the last decade of leadership at Denver city level and governor level has failed. This is the worst I have ever seen our cost of living, roads condition, homelessness, graffiti, property crime, traffic law enforcement and I don’t want to go down the rabbit hole of using Social issues to push an agenda that at its core destroys a healthy functional society. The only thing keeping me here instead of moving to a state with less democratic leadership is family ties familial responsibility

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

+100 to everything you said. I was born and raised in north Colorado Springs area. It's abhorrent what the state has become. I loathe every time I have to go to Denver. The last time I was there I had to walk my kids through 2 blocks of homeless encampments to get to the state building for the event we were attending and my daughter almost stepped in human feces right in front of the capitol. There was a fight at the street corner up from my house just a couple weeks ago where two homeless men were fighting over who got to panhandle there because apparently they are "running out of good spots". Polis is famous for trying to get something passed that we reject, then claiming he fought to give us what we kept him from taking. As an example for anyone not familiar, he pushed a bill that would have amended the Tabor Law saying the state had to return to taxpayers any excess tax revenue "accidently" collected. They wanted to keep it and use the excess as a baseline for future taxes. When it failed and the Tabor checks got sent out, he started taking credit for "sending Colorado taxpayers additional money when they need it most" or some bs like that...

[@AB-qt4dj]

As another Colorado native, I mirror your view 100%.

[@coflyer2949]

Another native here and I agree 100%

[@CORED5150]

💯 Colorado is turning into California....

[@whozyourdaddy]

Yep. I've lived here for forty years now. It just keep getting worse, particularly over the last 10 years. More homelessness, housing is unaffordable, it smells like dope, and more and more, stores have to hide things behind glass because of theft. Now we're going to have people tripping on mushrooms everywhere. It's like we're trying to attract more losers to our state. Such a beautiful place, and well on our way to becoming California part 2.

[@markwilde2391]

Sounds like another politician with a personal agenda.

[@matthewmechtly5026]

He is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He continues to try to get rid of the most influential law that protects taxpayers in CO (tabor).

[@vladivanov5500]

He's a sheep in Pride clothing.

[@AeroGuy07]

Didn't this guy sign sweeping gun control laws? Thats not very libraterian.

[@aarondewsnap6246]

He did. He just made it illegal to build firearms by executive order. Also, the mag limit and universal background checks that have done nothing but piss me off.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Denver is NOT Colorado! Colorado residents that don't live in Denver don't consider Denver part of Colorado due to all the Democrat policies like giving millions to illegal immigrants, and making open carry illegal in city limits, also giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Crime in Denver is high while crime is lower in all other cites in Colorado.

[@joaopedrobaggio4475]

And as i know, Colorado is a very pro-gun state.

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@joaopedrobaggio4475 Yes, everywhere but Denver and Boulder I have a pistol and a rifle.

[@joaopedrobaggio4475]

@@RealMTBAddict ok, and has some limit on magazine capacity?

[@justinsane7128]

​@@joaopedrobaggio4475because of our constitution, but the blue idiots are trying to take all of our rights away

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@joaopedrobaggio4475 15 is the limit but it's not enforced. I keep 25rnd mags and one 15rnd for the ATF

[@kesterrice6784]

I live in Colorado Springs. A few days ago the local paper made the statement that 40% of the companies offering health insurance plans in CO last year had left the CO market this year. This is totally due to Colorado Democrat party policies here. This year there were 15 rent control bills passed in our Democrat controlled legislature. Ten of them passed into law. So Polis is not remotely libertarian. There is not a year that goes by that our Governor and Government does not try to bypass Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs and increased wages from American businessmen, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs and increased wages for Mexicans, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@Noneofyourbusiness2000]

The freest state? Isn't it illegal to collect your own rain water in Colorado?

[@CarbageMan]

It was the freest state about twenty years ago. It's not _close_ now.

[@aarondewsnap6246]

its true. they can take rain water away from you

[@jene.9630]

And get taxed on the rainwater that drains from your property as well (depending on how much asphalt and concrete you have).

[@TheAnimeist]

Calling Polis a libertarian, is like calling Jefferey Dahmer a vegetarian.

[@caseclosed9342]

He believes women should be able to get an abortion right before they give birth.

[@mantis_toboggan_md]

He is far from Libertarian, but he's far from being the worst Democrat/Liberal, either. He locked down the state just the same as the rest of the Blue States, and has sought to restrict 2A. He has also done nothing to help the homelessness and crime issues which plague the Metropolitan areas of Colorado, at best. He has only made our state worse off, basically.

[@darbyheavey406]

Watch an old Mork & Mindy then visit Denver in 2022. It’s worse than LA or NYC.

[@CORED5150]

Didn't he refuse to live in the governor's mansion because of all the homeless surrounding it? He is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

The only happy Coloradan is a "new" Coloradan. ...but only for a short time. People raised in Colorado aren't all that happy.

[@almeisam]

That's basically why I will not retire back Colorado where I grew up. It is not the same state it was. When "fees" are imposed because they aren't considered a tax, and therefore subject to TABOR, it is not a good place to be. You'll just get more fees when, and if, the state income tax is done away with.

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

@@almeisam So many of us "want to retire in Colorado" people have lost our dream. I think "the change" started around the time they asphalted Estes Park and they let a Walmart, McDonald's, etc move in. All of our attractions are being destroyed by "entitled" misfits. And, most Coloradans can't even talk with their neighbors, even if they're bi-lingual.

[@CarbageMan]

Even people who came here 25 years ago as I did aren't happy. It _was_ delightfully libertarian. Not now!

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

@@CarbageMan Y'all moved here around the time a lot of "rich" Californians did. ...the beginning of the end.

[@CarbageMan]

@@2ndMostEndangeredGender I have to agree. I was so pleased neither the left nor the right were insane at the time. That lasted about five years.

[@shanonclinkenbeard3322]

Polis wants to get rid of out tabor law. There is nothing libertarian about him.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Weakening the middle class

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

But also takes credit for TABOR checks when his bills get rejected by the people...

[@JoshPaterson]

And when he can't get that done, just add more and more "fees" to all government services so they can essentially tax their way around Tabor.

[@realretta]

They are grinding away at it. It has gotten a little silly.

[@RussellNelson]

No state should have out tabor law.

[@a.rogers9358]

So he's a hypocrite...?

[@phuckyu1594]

He is not libertarian or for freedom. He’s signed laws that directly attack the 2nd amendment. Colorado is a world renowned area to hunt.

[@en5788]

I'd rather pay a state income tax than pay state tax based on how much the unelected tax assessor says my home is worth.

[@aleisagoogeaton5780]

I visited Denver, Colorado before marijuana was legalized. It was a clean and beautiful city. Fast forward a couple of years after marijuana was legalized and I visited again. The city was dirty, homelessness was rampant and it was very unsafe. Disappointing and sad.

[@realretta]

They call the influx "The Green Rush". It was not a good thing for our state.

[@njpianoman500]

half of the state's have legal weed though

[@realretta]

@@njpianoman500 Yes. Colorado was first and people flocked here for pot.

[@Vlabar]

My friends have left Colorado for my freedom loving red state (that I won't name because I don't want more people fleeing here). They love it and their new homes are half the price with twice the land.

[@jaybrodell1959]

50 years ago Colorado was the land of the free. Then the Californian refugees began to come and change the tone of the state. With legalized drugs, the term Mile High State has a different connotation.

[@cmfrancis1]

Don't be fooled by Colorado's supposedly libertarian governor! He makes it look like he's helping but then makes sure he gets his way in the end.

[@mediocreman2]

Colorado and especially Denver have become a cesspool in the last 10 years. I could not believe how horrible Denver was when I went back. Disgusting and dirty people everywhere. I don't know how a city can change that much in such a short time. But legalizing drugs was obviously not the answer. And this Governor definitely isn't.

[@drakono82]

Fighting inflation with (illegal) immigration is a euphemism for driving wages down, particularly for lower class citizens. Our "labor shortage" is driven predominantly by people dropping out of the workforce to live off of welfare, and unchecked immigration is a big cause, not a solution.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs and increased wages from American businessmen, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs and increased wages for Mexicans, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@meatbyproducts]

Colorado still has drug dealers. Legalizing pot didn't make them go away, they made them the cheaper option.

[@aarondewsnap6246]

exactly. Any frugal drug user looking to stretch his drug dollar would have to be foolish to go to the legitimate drug market

[@ClokworkGremlin]

There are more than six dispenseries between where I work and where I live, and I can smell every single one of them on my commute, with the windows up and the vents closed.

[@vladivanov5500]

​@@ClokworkGremlin I'm sick of smelling that crap everytime I go out. Smells like dung and anyone that comes into close contact with it like dung by proxy.

[@OdegardOnline]

It's not lemonade - you drank the Polis Koolaid. He claims one thing while doing the opposite behind his back. He's doing it with the Taxpayer's Bill Of Rights (TABOR), school choice, freedom of speech and religion, gun rights and more. We are less free in Colorado today because of Polis and he wants to take his bait and switch politics to the White House. Please dig deeper before doing a puff piece like this!

[@vladivanov5500]

"freedom of ... religion" I agree with the sentiment, but I really wish people would stop framing these things as a case of 'religious liberty' and more liberty, period. Why? It's a red herring that excludes those not affiliated with any religion. I read a case a while back of a guy that was fined for refusing some LGBT nonsense because he wasn't religious and so wasn't covered under 'religious freedom' See their trick? You have to identify as Christian or Muslim nowadays to legally resist Alphabet. Honestly, I think a lot of people only identify as Christian nowadays out of necessity, hoping they'll at least be protected by "freedom of religion"

[@VincenzoPentangeli]

"The governor and his husband " Lol.

[@patrickc3419]

Correct. He cannot be married to a man, as he is one.

[@MayorMcheese12]

Yeah that made me cringe. Didn’t know that dude was gay. Who tf voted for that clown

[@hashtagmethree2381]

It’s interesting to see on one hand he believes in personal responsibility. But the other believes in forced acquiescence. The good does not outweigh the bad.

[@mediocreman2]

Which is a copout anyway because if you expect users of powerful drugs to be 100% responsible with their usage, you're just asking for problems. People can't even control their toilet paper purchases.

[@jessejames5081]

I've lived in Colorado almost my whole life and I am 41, I've never seen homeless in my town until 2 years ago, now they are literally All over and walking out into traffic. We now pay homeless to be homeless here in Colorado. This isn't just Denver, this is also fort Collins and Loveland. Rent rises dramatically each and every year now, In the last 5 years Colorado has turned to shit. But honestly I think it started when we legalized marijuana.

[@MayorMcheese12]

Yeah that and when that tard Obama allowed gay marriage. Everything turned into a circus

[@RealMTBAddict]

I'm not sure what legalizing marijuana has to do with homeless people. I don't see homeless people going in and buying ounces for $300. The increase of the homeless population is directly correlated with the increase of services that cities provide like free food 24/7.

[@JamesSmullins]

​@@RealMTBAddictI just traveled through there twice while on vacation, I used to be pro legalized weed until last week. Employees at loves gas stations high and not the least bit interested in working, filthiest stores I've seen which is not something loves is known for. I had to keep my gun ready even though it was illegal for me to do so there it was so bad. I had to escort my family in and out of the stores all while keeping a sharp eye on the motor home. If you want to see what the effects were of legalizing weed just go there, then go to California whee they took the even more open route of decriminalization of harder drugs. Homelessness will only rise along with crime, there's no other outcome possible.

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@JamesSmullins California's homeless problem stems from much more than legalizing drugs. They cater to homeless people and let them build tent cities all over the place. 100k homeless in California, legal drugs have nothing to do with it.

[@CarbageMan]

It wasn't pot legalization, but the shift to a Democrat government did bring all that other crap.

[@shanonclinkenbeard3322]

He’s a liar…

[@CuyanaTGen]

Yes, and he's also a LIAR.

[@shanonclinkenbeard3322]

@@CuyanaTGen😂 Yes, you are correct.

[@agsmom04]

This!!!

[@bombthezoms]

I hate seeing my state in the headlines its never anything im going to be happy about

[@stever6986]

While Polis does project and supposedly support some "libertarian" ideas, he's also played a shell game with residential property taxes limits and TABOR refunds. He talks about eliminating State income taxes but in practice he's trying to eliminate the limit on how much state income tax dollars the State can retain!

[@tucoramirez2513]

You don't need illegal aliens to do work. You need sound money and government fiscal responsibility.

[@jacobbaker5442]

Government and responsibility do not belong in the same sentence

[@SgtJoeSmith]

or just eliminate all welfare and let people that wont work starve and die

[@CuyanaTGen]

@@SgtJoeSmith eliminate FORCED GOVT welfare --- such is anti-American --- but, of course, permit and encourage all other types of private welfare.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@CuyanaTGen yeah let charities help people with money they raise. dont use tax dollars

[@MayorMcheese12]

@@SgtJoeSmithfr. Sounds rough but why tf are people who are working paying for illegal immigrants and homeless people the ability to sit on ass all day or thrive? The qualification should be to alter get a minimum wage job

[@neilklaybor289]

I have a friend who lived there with their family and left last year , said they hated it there .

[@bluewater454]

Yah, I knew he was too good to be true. This democrat governors free market streak only goes so far. At the end of the day he’s still just another democrat. Just not as bad as the rest.

[@theworldtomorrow3960]

My wife and I lived in Denver, Colorado from 2010 til May 2021. Everything became so expensive that we left. He may have reduced the taxes, but it's still one of the highest in the nation. The average price of a home in a decent area is at least half a million, and if you want to buy a home relatively close to the mountains, you pay an arm and a leg for it, and the taxes alone are so high that you wished you never even considered buying a home. Anyway, home prices are high everywhere now. Also, I used to work for a hydraulic fracturing company in Colorado, and Colorado being a blue state put so many restrictions that pretty much made it almost impossible for the company to be profitable, so, as a result many people got furloughed or got laid off. Every Democratic run state in a short time will get ruined because the people who vote for these immoral, incompetent politicians are somehow benefiting from them, but in the long run, we the people end up paying a heavy price. FYI, Jared Polis is a Sodomite, he is married to a man.

[@CarbageMan]

Denver went to hell, but most of the state hasn't gotten bad as fast. Don't get me wrong, he's still bad on a half dozen issues, but better than most democrats, at a time they've gone completely insane.

[@swesleyc7]

"marriage" only in name. Fun fact: everyone has a mother and a father, despite Polis' best efforts

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

I went to an event at the capitol build last year with my family. We had to walk through 2 blocks of homeless camps and my daughter almost stepped on human feces right in front of the capitol building. Denver was never the cleanest city growing up but it's absolutely disgusting now.

[@CarbageMan]

@@MM3Soapgoblin About 20 years ago, it was pretty good, actually, but ever since the Democrats "fixed the homeless problem" by coddling them, it's gotten really bad.

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

@@CarbageMan I used to go up to Denver all the time as a kid and it was rare to see a homeless person. They were there but you actually felt bad for them then. Now I feel like I'm taking a trip to a third world country when I go there.

[@The231447LucidDevTeam]

"we should not penalize trade" .. well we also shouldn't penalize purchasing and income...

[@11679MRT]

Some people get so excited to see a mainstream politician agreeing with them but this guy is still a bum. Just because he may check a few boxes doesn't mean he doesn't leave a lot to be desired.

[@ClokworkGremlin]

He doesn't even check any of those boxes except in lip service. The only reason Colorado is doing as well as we are (itself a low bar) is because nobody actually listens to him, and none of the laws he's passed are enforced.

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

Will Colorado's "sin taxes" ever be spent on what they were actually designed to be spent on?

[@RealMTBAddict]

Nope. That money is lost.

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

@@RealMTBAddict Not lost, ...but gone, for now. To be miraculously found later depending on the "created crisis" that is. Our liberal leadership doesn't like to refund any found "lost" money, or any surplus. TABOR really irks our liberal leadership.

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@2ndMostEndangeredGender Yep, they view our money as "free money" for their little projects.

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

@@RealMTBAddict 👍🏻✌🏻

[@realretta]

@@2ndMostEndangeredGender Isn't getting rid of TABOR why Dems want to ditch the income tax?

[@mattcolver1]

I live in Colorado. My wife does all the grocery shopping. However I happened to be with her in the grocery store last night. I used the plastic bags, then at the end I saw her hit some buttons. I asked what's that for? We have to pay ten cents each for the plastic bags, new law. I thought how dumb. Then I thought I wonder what's the punishment for stealing plastic bags? Do sirens and flashing lights go off if you walk out of the store without paying for plastic bags? Do you get 30 days in jail for stealing a plastic bag that used to be free?

[@agsmom04]

And beginning Jan 1, 2024 you can't even pay for a plastic bag, you'll only be able to get recycled paper bags for 10 cents a pop. Oooo, we're so free!! 🙄

[@aarondewsnap6246]

As with most things in Colorado, you can totally steal the bags, no one cares. That is, until they feel like ruining your life.Then they enforce the law

[@joe56984]

I find it a bit silly to say we have a labor shortage so therefore we need more immigration, while at the same time having millions of able bodied people not working, but collecting taxpayer money.

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

We have a labor shortage because we have people that don't want or have to work, not because we don't have enough people. Adding more people just makes the tax burden higher on everyone for an incrementally small increase in unskilled labor.

[@richardshipe4576]

@@MM3Soapgoblinstupidest take on immigration I’ve seen in ages, most of the h1b applicants are leagues beyond you in skill and educational attainment

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

@@richardshipe4576 Everyone knows we aren't talking about H1-B visas that make up a whooping 1.5% of legal immigrants (not counting illegal immigrants at all). And, no, the vast majority of H1-B visas are not PhDs. Immigrants with PhDs typically go the J-1, F-1, or O-1 visa route. Way to show everyone how little you actually know about immigration lol.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@MrBCook17]

Removing tariffs and increasing immigration to "fight inflation" is nonsense.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@BrianBellia]

You can't fix a labor shortage through increased immigration. All these new immigrants will require additional homes, hospitals, schools, roads, supermarkets, etc. which require *even more* labor to supply.

[@INNIMA]

Such a great point

[@jryan9547]

You fix it with entitlement cuts and welfare cuts. If you have people on the public dollar and you have a labor shortage, you’re doing it all wrong.

[@BrianBellia]

@@INNIMA Thank you!

[@mediocreman2]

Exactly. It's a zero sum game.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@meno4054]

We live in Indiana. My kids have lemonade stands whenever, wherever and no one has ever said anything.

[@Mitzoplick]

You fight inflation by not printing money. I also do not believe we have a labor shortage so much as we have jobs that Americans are not willing to do. We have a nation of mostly middle management qualified workers. We have way more people trained to work in HR than our country could ever need. Too many people that want high pay for being a barista rather than working a construction job that would actually pay more. We have pushed too many young people into colleges, which devalued a college education and took too many out of working in the trades.

[@mediocreman2]

Universities should receive some kind of incentive to align their coursework with what the job market is. Right now they will take anyone's money for a degree in underwater basket weaving and tell the student they'll be able to find a job. At the very minimum, federal student loans should not be able to be used for those useless degrees. It's insult to injury that most universities are forcing liberal lies onto students.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@peterfox7663]

"I support trade...if two willing people have something the other wants and they make a willing exchange, they are both better off" Except for, you know, website designers and bakers

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@peterfox7663]

@@Dawn737 There should be no minimum wage. Wages should be set by the market, not government.

[@33Donner77]

The governor cited "personal responsibility". That's a stretch for most of the younger generation who want rights without responsibilities. They think they will be cared for by socialists.

[@SaysEveryone]

Socialism, or any other form of Marxism, is the ultimate authoritarian con.

[@codyaimes4354]

"government is only driving of inflation... Too much government spending, and too much government create of currency" ~ milton friedman

[@elcheapo5302]

We do NOT have a labor shortage in this country. We have a shortage of work ethic. Way too many able bodied people on the government dole instead of working.

[@Dawn737]

Indeed, more than 70% of America's current STEM grads can't find work in their chosen field, and 250 American Disney techs were forced to train their own Indian replacements. The tariffs Polis insults in this video were adopted by every country in the EU, and some of those countries are now considering a 4 day work week, since Europeans can afford it. In this video, Polis clarifies he wants China to get what China wants: American jobs, Mexico gets what Mexico wants: American jobs, and American businessmen get what they want: cheap, foreign labor at slave wages with zero employee protections. The Americans who fought for a legal minimum wage and safe working conditions are the ones who lose out. America's minimum wage and safe work requirements will completely disappear. We can either work for $4 per hour to compete with the foreigners or wind up unemployed. Even CNN admitted in 2006 that the most authoritative estimates of what illegal immigration costs Americans "put the suppressed wages at $200 billion a year".

[@AntiNeocons]

No such thing as a good democrat

[@halloweye4613]

As a CO citizen I can't wait for the full interview.

[@RealMTBAddict]

I'm not even watching this

[@MM3Soapgoblin]

So we can see him lying and taking credit for things that he actively fights against... Remember when he took credit for Tabor checks after he tried to get a bill passed that would have allowed the state to keep the excess taxes?

[@halloweye4613]

@@MM3Soapgoblin yepp! All the covid BS also. Dems calling him a libertarian is a joke.

[@halloweye4613]

@@MM3Soapgoblin I forgot to mention the cake. Fascist for sure!

[@ClokworkGremlin]

@@halloweye4613 Polis: "You can thank me for how the economy is doing!" Economy: 49th out of 50 in the country for post-Covid economic recovery, and even that is only because nobody followed any of the lockdown restrictions.

[@JohnDoe-bn2dy]

Can Reason magazine stop pretending their libertarians already?

[@davidpawson7393]

My kitten actually pooped in the litter box this morning.

[@SonofTiamat]

*they're

[@RealMTBAddict]

They're

[@lancemcque1459]

"their" should be written as "they're" meaning "they are" "their" denotes possession

[@roseblite6449]

Mid to late 1900's (30's to the 80's) both parties had a nice mix across the board, not so much Regulations and businesses thrived. Now it's Regulate this, Regulate that, and get penalized for being successful.

[@keanumaikekais2202]

Agreed. I'm a pseudo native to Colorado. I moved here when I was six. I'm 32 now but I can tell you growing up it did have a live and let live mentality and was probably one of the more libertarian states in the union. Locally. People were willing to try new things and if they didn't work they would go back to what did and go back to the drawing board. On the federal level it was a bit more conservative because most of the representatives that went there felt as though their constituents were telling them to tell DC to stay off their back. Let us do our thing here

[@LovingPrinceTamayuki]

Colorado is one of the last States I would go to.

[@lackr0073]

I live in Texas and the only people that I know that have moved from Texas to Colorado were stoners that couldn't hold down a job.

[@joshstickney8695]

I always used to say I'm a hypocritical libertarian. All for freedom and individual liberty until it crosses my own selfish view. Most fit that description just like the governor here given his stance on the web design issue and his orientation I'm getting better by realizing me being offended or just uncomfortable; is far better than giving the government authorized force

[@mediocreman2]

We really have done a horrible job of educating the younger generations on the idea that facts trump feelings. They want to feel good and as long as they hear the right words from politicians, they will vote for them. When someone is offensive to me, I always ask myself if they're right. Because maybe I'm the problem. But they just can't understand that they're being lied to by the person that makes them feel good.

[@jasonjohnson4170]

This is about power and control. You need to understand that you just can't go do what you want to do. What do you think this is??? A free nation or something?