The Bell Policy Center: Colorado’s Rural Communities Will Suffer from the Federal Budget Bill

The Bell Policy Center: Colorado’s Rural Communities Will Suffer from the Federal Budget Bill

It’s been widely acknowledged that the bill’s benefits and burdens will be unequally felt. Yet, within these analyses, impacts on the urban-rural divide are often overlooked. As we detail below, the federal bill is likely to worsen the economic well-being of rural Colorado while providing substantial benefit to affluent suburban and mountain resort communities.