Spending & Budget
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…
Frontier Institute Launches Taxpayer Protection Now Campaign
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Taxpayers Need Transparency
"Taxpayers should demand answers from local governments who fail to provide the full financial transparency which state law demands." The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier Weekly Newsletter…
What is MTLeg Studying?
"This really underscores why we need to reform state and federal permitting laws so Montana can build things again." The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier Weekly Newsletter written by…
The Latest Levy Report Card
"The bottom line - more relief is certainly needed. Voting to reject levies will temporarily prevent the bill from increasing even further, but for more true and lasting relief, we need to start looking at the root cause…
School Funding Sleight of Hand
"Voters in local school levy elections aren't really deciding whether schools get 'fully funded'; they're deciding whether to authorize spending above the state-guaranteed level." The following…
The Real Growth of State Government
"The ACFR Net Position data leaves no doubt that the state government is bigger, financially, than ever before. That government growth is real, and much larger than .7% budget growth the Biennial Comparison report of…
More Property Tax Relief Needed
"Senator Galt's BI-11 would be a step forward for addressing local government property taxes, but more reforms are needed in the long run to dramatically reduce Montanans’ property tax burden"...…
What BI-11 Would Actually Mean For Your Property Taxes
"The Bottom Line: The latest draft of Senator Galt’s BI-11 would deliver modest but meaningful ongoing property tax relief for every existing property owner, and more substantial long-term relief now that it has mostly…
Montana’s Self-Inflicted Budget Crunch
"...Our leaders in Helena need to be evaluating whether our savings rate is evidence-based and whether we are collecting more than we really need from taxpayers." Montana’s latest quarterly financial report…
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