
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can always count on Democrats when it comes to finding new ways to rob people of their money. In Colorado, a Democrat lawmaker recently proposed a new bill that would make pet owners pay annually for owning pets.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">El Paso County Representative Regina English, a Democrat, introduced the bill HB24-1163 in Colorado State House on January 31. Titled “Pet Animal Registration System,” the bill proposed charging pet owners between $8.50 to $25 annually for renewable registration with the Department of Agriculture and fining those a civil penalty of $100 who fail to comply.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The news of the bill to tax people for owning pets received a good deal of backlash online. Critics of the bill took to social media and slammed the government for tabling such a proposal. One mom posted on Twitter/X that the CO government hates people and apparently animals too.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colorado residents: lower taxes!!!<br><br>Colorado government: we will tax you for having pets. <br><br>Wtf?!?! ð¤£ð¤£ð¤£ They hate people and apparently animals. <a href="https://t.co/Ok5H4cgLlK">https://t.co/Ok5H4cgLlK</a></p>&mdash; I Prefer Dogs (@SorryIsaidF_off) <a href="https://twitter.com/SorryIsaidF_off/status/1753806269071188477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 3, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some concerned citizens made short videos to sound alarm over the bill and asked for voting out the Democrats if they wanted to retain control of their lives and animals.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The State of Colorado wants to tax their citizens for owning a pet. <a href="https://t.co/7fiQWvGOSM">pic.twitter.com/7fiQWvGOSM</a></p>&mdash; RareImagery ðºð¸ (@RareImagery) <a href="https://twitter.com/RareImagery/status/1754582682053620187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Conservative news site <em>BizPac Review</em> called the proposed bill one of those “freedom-stifling bills” through which Colorado Democrats are declaring war on their citizens. The story also condemned the bill SB24-084, proposed by Colorado Democrats, which conservatives say is an attack on free speech and First Amendment rights of citizens.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ABC affiliate KRDO-13 reported on Tuesday (February 6) that Representative Regina English says she has received racist remarks and even death threats over her proposed legislation. Consequently she pulled the bill. The story wrote:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Rep. English was the only sponsor on the piece of legislation, and she says her phone and email have been blowing up over the past couple of days with a variety of death threats and people calling her racist epithets.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Democrat also sounded apologetic in her comments as she tried to explain the angry reaction of the people. She also tried to distance herself from the proposed legislation:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>“It just wasn&#8217;t a thoughtful bill, and it was not the bill that I wanted to bring forth. I would never put the people of Colorado in financial distress in any of my letters, any of my legislation.”</em></p>

Colorado Democrat Pulls Pet Tax Bill after Backlash
