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Permanent Tax Relief Requires Limiting Government Budget Growth
"And as government spends more, taxpayers are left to pick up the tab... Permanent tax relief requires limiting the growth of government budgets." The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier…
Permanent Tax Relief Requires Limiting Government Budget Growth
The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier Weekly Newsletter written by Tanner Avery for the August 20th edition. Missoula is about to collect more property taxes than ever before. This week, the Missoula…
Non-resident toll and state park fee increases are coming; here’s how they work
Turnpike tolls and state park fees have stayed flat for years as inflation has eaten away at their value. To fight the effects of inflation, legislators voted this year to increase tolls and park fees for non-residents. Gov.…
Tariffs are the political albatross of 2026
North Carolina voters overwhelmingly believe tariffs raise consumer prices, with more than 80 percent saying businesses pass tariff costs along through higher prices Tariffs are unpopular both nationally and in North…
Tracking the impact of Trump’s tariffs
The Tax Foundation is out with a new report summarizing the key economic impacts from Pres. Donald Trump’s tariff regime, kicked off by his “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2, 2025. In short, the Tax Foundation analysts…
Government housing for teachers and public employees is not the solution to Wake County’s housing problem
Wake County leaders want to build affordable housing for teachers and public school employees. The idea was presented earlier this week to a joint meeting of the Wake County School Board and Wake County Board of…
Eliminate Montana’s $35 Million University Property Tax
"The people’s elected representatives in the legislature, not an automatic property tax, should decide the appropriate level of funding for universities within the bounds of a limited, conservative state budget."…
Frontier Institute Calls for Expiration of the 6-Mill University Property Tax Levy
Statement from Frontier Institute Frontier Institute Calls for Expiration of the 6-Mill University Property Tax Levy Letting the 6-Mill Levy expire would deliver Montanans ~$35 million in much-needed property tax relief…
Protect Montana Taxpayers Now
"It’s time to adopt taxpayer protections that cap government budget growth at inflation and require overcollections to be automatically returned to taxpayers, not kept or spent." A conversation last weekend at the…
The $3 billion in hidden spending in the budget proposal
The widely reported state budget spending total is not truly representative of the actual spending total Budget writers play a shell game that obscures the actual total: Set aside money into reserve funds, and then pay for…
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