• Added troops to Afghanistan means deployment of tax dollars (access required)

    by Rob Larimer

    Published: December 2,2009

    Time posted: 11:19 am

    Tags: economy, Fort Carson, Tom Zwirlein

    About 4,500 troops from Fort Carson will be part of the 30,000 troops President Barack Obama plans to send to Afghanistan next year. That's not very good news for the Colorado Springs economy that's already hurting for sales tax revenue. "It's certainly going to have an economic impact," said UCCS finance professor Tom Zwirlein. "It's just taking away 4,500 people ...





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