Greg Lopez in 2018 CO Governor's race
On Budget & Economy:
Wants to champion and advocate for small business
What I can do is champion and advocate for the small-business community. Every community has a small-business component. As governor. I'll be able to understand the relationship the State of Colorado has with the Small Business Administration.
We receive grants that Colorado has to match so we can provide training and counseling and access to understanding about building a small business. A lot of that comes from the governor's budget itself.
Source: Westword.com blog on 2018 Colorado governor race
May 23, 2018
On Gun Control:
Don't like mass murder, but Second Amendment is important
The Second Amendment is one of the founding principles of what makes America great. And I truly believe the Second Amendment isn't only so that we can protect ourselves from harm, but it's also for us to protect ourselves from a government that may go
rogue on us. If the government decides to do something, we should have the ability to defend ourselves with the same amount, or close to the same amount, of weaponry that they have. So I would not look at doing anything that would ban anything.
I don't like to see people mass-murdered. Nobody does. But we can't weaken the document put together by our founding fathers, because that's really what gives us freedom and liberty. And most people don't understand
the true cost of freedom and liberty. It costs a lot. That's why they call America an experiment. When they start thinking they're no longer entitled to that, the experiment will start to fail.
Source: Westword.com blog on 2018 Colorado governor race
May 23, 2018
On Health Care:
VA is proof against government health-care system
Government has never been able to, and never will be able to, provide any type of true health-care system that will achieve what everyone wants to achieve, and we have a perfect example of that. The Veterans Administration is
supposed to provide medical services and treatment at no cost to our veterans, and yet we see the challenges and the struggles the VA has. And they have full access to federal dollars to provide that service. It's just not working.
Source: Westword.com blog on 2018 Colorado governor race
May 23, 2018
On Immigration:
I support legal immigration, not illegal immigration
If you believe in sanctuary cities, you don't believe in the rule of law. You're saying you believe some people among us are entitled to extra protection and extra rights. That's not what America is all about. I'm talking about equality.
So I do not support sanctuary cities. I don't have a problem telling people I support legal immigration, not illegal immigration.
Source: Westword.com blog on 2018 Colorado governor race
May 23, 2018
On Principles & Values:
Military taught values of loyalty, teamwork, brotherhood
In basic, they remove your entire identity. Everything you are, everything you believe you are, they remove it. They purge you from what you think you bring to the table and help you re-form those values of loyalty and teamwork and brotherhood.
That's why you need to learn to march together and do things together as a team--because you're all connected.
Source: Westword.com blog on 2018 Colorado governor race
May 23, 2018
On Tax Reform:
I will never raise taxes; I defend Taxpayer Bill of Rights
I will never raise taxes. I think that's wrong. I will defend TABOR [Taxpayer Bill of Rights] forever. And here's what TABOR does. It says, "If you need more money, ask us. Just ask, and we'll tell you if we agree with you or not."
I think that's a reasonable request to the citizens of Colorado: "Let us vote on whether we need this money or not." But I don't think we need to make that ask.
Source: Westword.com blog on 2018 Colorado governor race
May 23, 2018
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