127:"By any measure the CAPCO program has failed. The state auditor’s recent report on the program is very compelling. Fact: the insurance companies collected nearly $ 1 million more in fees than they invested in venture capital. Fact: the state auditor could not verify the CAPCO companies’ claims about the alleged number of jobs created. Fact: Nearly half a million in taxpayer money went to lobbying fees. I guess that at least supports 'job retention.' Friends, all of us here are for economic development. But what separates us from the CAPCO advocates is that we want economic development for Colorado. We want new jobs and new companies on the West Slope, not the West Side of Manhattan. We want innovation in the Tech Center, not Rockefeller Center. We can’t mend this program. We must end this program."
123:"We believe that the current CAPCO structure is far too expensive. Upon completion of the first phase, this program will cost the General Fund and the taxpayers of this state $ 100 million. Yet, of that amount, only about $ 40 million will initially be available for investment in Colorado businesses. The CAPCOs have argued that the defeasance structure and guaranty insurance are necessary in order to attract investment from insurance companies. We respectfully disagree. These are monies that the participating insurance companies owe the State of Colorado. There is no reason to guarantee their investments. They should not profit at the expense of small businesses; these taxes would have been owed anyway."
159:"The fiscal cost of the CAPCO program is real," said Mike Walz, Dewhurst's communications director. "The lieutenant governor believes that before the state spends another $ 200 million on a third program, we should extensively analyze whether the program has been effective, how we can make it more effective and what financial benefits the state of Texas has realized from its investment."
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157:- In 2009 and 2011, proponents failed legislative efforts to add $ 200 million of tax credits to the $ 400 million previously committed. Lt. Governor David Dewhurst effectively halted the effort in 2011 when he noted that the cost of the program per job created exceeded that of any other state job creation project except for local school property tax breaks.
181:"Rather than channel all of the $ 16.6 million into growing state companies, as lawmakers had intended, Wilshire Investors LLC invested just $ 8.6 million - plowing much of that money into companies that either failed or fed the growth of its own parent company, Newtek Business Services Inc., according to state records and federal securities filings."
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CAPCO programs have been widely criticized as inefficient and ineffective for their stated purposes. The majority of states that have experimented with the model have allowed their programs to sunset and rejected new legislation designed to extend them. Multiple state audit reports have contradicted
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investment during a pre-specified time frame. The tax credit granted is an insurance premium tax credit, allowing insurance companies to reduce their tax liability in the state by one dollar for each dollar in tax credit obtained. This structure was adopted to incentivize insurance companies, which
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and eight states, including: Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Texas, and
Wisconsin. Generally, CAPCOs sponsor their specific programs in states through legislation with the claims of economic development, job creation and retention, and certain instances, investment in
150:"The CAPCO program will use $ 140 million in tax credits while only generating $ 23.6 million in projected revenues and creating an average projected 293 jobs for 15 years. This results in a net reduction in state revenue of $ 116.4 million over the life of the program."
173:“I think if you were selling such an investment (as the CAPCO proposal) to little old ladies, and giving them such a bad deal, you should go to prison. I don’t know if you can go to prison for bilking gullible legislators.”
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507:"Nothing Ventured, Millions Gained- Capco's benefit in Florida program"
412:""Smart Stimulus Amid Deepening Debt: Futu" by William Werkmeister"
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597:"Texas Invests $ 400 Million To Create 24 Jobs—in Lobby"
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