The National Federation of Independent Business released results Friday of its annual survey of its 7,500 members in Colorado:
• 53 percent support legislation that provides tax incentives or public money to businesses to promote economic development and job growth; opposed, 38 percent; undecided, 9 percent.
• 75 percent want Colorado to form more public-private partnerships to create greater efficiencies and reduce expenditures; opposed, 15 percent; undecided, 10 percent.
• 69 percent favor a repeal of Colorado’s sales tax on energy used in manufacturing; 22 percent opposed; 9 percent undecided.
• 73 percent favor imposing penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants; opposed, 21 percent; undecided, 6 percent.
• 56 percent want Colorado to establish a health-insurance exchange instead of deferring to the federal government; opposed, 28 percent; undecided, 16 percent.
