Sigh. Lawyer-lobbyist Democratic Representative Tracy Kraft Tharp is showing once again that she simply doesn’t understand small business issues. After Democrats again killed a bill introduced by Republican Rep. Clarice Navarro Ratzlaff that would have allowed only businesses of 50 employees or less to submit fiscal impact statements, Kraft Tharp offered commentary to the Denver Business Journal:
“I’m not really clear how this information would be helpful, other than that it’s one more piece of non-analyzed information. There’s nothing in here to assess credibility.”
What an idiotic statement. The credibility of small business owners who would submit fiscal impact statements is inherent by virtue of the fact that they’re small business owners. Either Kraft-Tharp fails to understand that, or she is willfully blocking small business owners from testifying because it would reveal how terrible and ineffective liberal business policy is. So, which is it Representative?
Unfortunately, the bill died in the BLEWD – the House Business, Labor, Employment, and Workforce Development – Committee on a party line vote. Translation – all the Democrats voted against it and all the Republicans voted for it.
This is the second time in two weeks that Democrats have killed bills that would show how their poor legislation would financially damage small businesses in Colorado. Last week, Republican Senator Ted Harvey ran a bill that would have allowed businesses of any size to offer fiscal impact statements. While the vote also died on a party-line vote, it was buried by Democrats in the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.
The real question is – if Democrats are really representing small businesses in Colorado’s State House and Senate, why are they so afraid for small businesses to show how legislation impacts them? The truth is that Democrats are inherently anti-business as dictated by their union funding.
Justin, what you described as happening is exactly what voters are tired of seeing.. Party lines impacting measures that have the stability of some of Colorado's populace in mind.. This kind of crap happens with almost every bill that is submitted.. The Democrabs use the bill to signify their majority, and because of that, good measures are cast aside.. If this bill didn't do what it was suppose to do, working with the Author might be in order.. That's what State Legislators should be paid for. They shouldn't be paid for the kind of party line politics that is being practiced currently..
I see from this article that Kraft-Tharp's understanding for business is seriously lacking.. Using the phrase "non-analyzed information" shows that this self-serving politician has no clear understand of how small business or mid-sized businesses actually work.. Not does she probably know that the sizes of businesses employ a majority of the workers in Colorado.. Kraft-Tharp doesn't have the intelligence to be in a position to make decisions like this one.
Apparently Kraft-Tharp does not believe Coloradans are "credible". Sad…