I ran across this satire site someone created, called Lobbyists
against Amendment 49. But seriously, why would many of
Colorado’s political lobbying groups be against Amendment 49,
the Ethical Standards initiative? Likely because they have grown
quite accustomed to the special privilege of the government
serving as their banker, collection agent, and bookkeeper for
free. That’s a gig I wouldn’t want to end either.
Unfortunately, I think the people of Colorado may be of a
different opinion. While appearing recently on 850 KOA’s Mike
Rosen Show, former U.S. Senator Hank Brown explained the problem
pretty concisely:  Here’s the transcript:  Taxpayers have to pay
for the cost of transferring the money, collecting the money,
accounting for the money, and reporting it. So they [lobbying
groups] love to have government pick up their costs for it, and
I think the biggest factor here is they know that if it’s done
through the payroll system people have a much more difficult
time being able to reclaim their money, if