Article Contributed on: 4/8/2009 12:03:21 PM
Having run out of alternatives for funding the bloated Colorado prison system, the Colorado Assembly has decided to rob a bank.
Pinnacol Assurance is our "quasi-governmental" insurance company that backs workers' compensation here in Colorado. It was separated from the rest of state government so that its funds would remain intact.
Well, shucks and golly.
The Assembly now plans in a bipartisan fashion to vote to change the law, make Pinnacol part of the collapsing cake that is Colorado government, and immediately rob Pinnacol of $500,000,000, despite Pinnacol's protests that this will endanger the workers' comp system.
When the Democrats and Republicans lie to you saying that the problem is funding education, tell them to end the War on Drugs, legalize and tax marijuana, and close a few prisons before they rob any more banks!
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