On this Labor Day, let’s put in proper perspective the current predicament of Colorado’s workers. Americans have continued to set the international standard for both work ethic and ingenuity — rising from bed, kissing loved ones goodbye and punching the clock like we always have — all while government actions and market reactions out of workers’ control have disrupted the very foundation upon which we all pursue the American Dream.
What a year it’s been for the family farmer on the Eastern Plains, the trucker in Walsenburg and the single parent who drives delivery at dinnertime for extra cash in Northglenn. A year ago at this time, many everyday Coloradans of myriad demographic groups got their first taste of generational inflation — once a fleeting far-away idea lost to Econ 101 textbooks until it smacked our wallets silly starting last autumn. Due to unprecedented government spending and market intervention undertaken in an attempt to ease financial burdens and halt viral spread through the COVID-19 era, the cost of daily living skyrocketed. It uprooted commonly-held notions of what it takes to financially make it in America.
See the full article by Gazette Editorial Board, September 5, 2022