Although the bills will result in automatic property tax increases and Schweitzer has vowed to oppose higher taxes, Ewer said the administration supports the measures because they are essential to the health of the pension plans, and the law requires the needed money to come from the government employers.
So maybe this tax increase will go through. Trying to get blood from a turnip if you ask me.
Then in the Bozeman Chronicle I find an interview with the Governor where he states:
any bill that would raise taxes, he promised, will get "a big no" from him.
So, the "administration supports" the tax increase but any tax increase will get "a big no" from the head of the administration. So what is the policy here, I'm confused. Pretty normal for this dumb cowboy.
We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our own ungoverned, undirected energies and do many things, but nothing long. It is our duty to find ourselves. Woodrow Wilson
Last week I talked about how I was confused about the State's policy on raising property taxes to fund a liability in a pension fund. I was so confused I made it my entry into this week's Rascal Fair. I see my confusion has been solved. The legislature
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