Speaking of places in decline, look at Colorado. For decades Colorado was the exemplary purple state governed by Republicans and Democrats with an aim toward economic growth. A Democratic governor and GOP legislature approved a flat-rate income tax in the 1980s and in the 1990s voters passed TABOR, the toughest limit on spending of any state. Colorado’s economy soared, and as recently as 2016 the state ranked third in CNBC’s annual rating of be…
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