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Get Hunting Rights Approved! Oppose Bills that Hurt YOU!

Call to action from our lawmaker Tracy Sharp:

Some FWP committee members are getting wobbly because of their fear of losing their bird hunting and fishing on the Rez.   We need to get emails and phone calls of support for HB216 to them this week and in MASSIVE amounts.   I intend to  impress upon them that the Federal and State Constitutional rights of the individual Montana citizen should carry far, far more weight than the convenience of bird hunting.
Here are the committee people we must work on this week:  I will be working them in person here in the Capitol
Neil Duram
(406) 471-2356
Randyn Gregg
(406) 290-4407
Shannon Maness
(406) 925-3604
Tom Millett
(406) 212-3613
Gary Parry
(406) 749-0543
Lukas Schubert
(406) 609-6099
I want to at least get this to the floor.  I am not optimistic about it getting beyond there, and wish I could say otherwise.  The Dems will all buckle to the Indian Caucus which is what they do, and we’ll lose enough Republicans to probably kill it.  But at least we will have gotten it one step further and will be able to let the uninformed know that the lands here are not/not tribal lands and haven’t been since the beginning of the last century.
I want to drive a spike through the heart of the argument that we ‘moved onto the reservation, so we knew what we were getting into.’  In fact, we assumed, either through homesteading or purchase, control of lands that had been removed from tribal control by the US Congress and President in accordance with the provisions found in the HellGate and Omaha Treaties.
Organize to make your voices heard!

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Here are a couple of bills that seem to have unintended consequences. Raising YOUR taxes? Weigh in!

OPPOSE these Tax Bills HB27 and SB4 – unintended Consequences

Please contact Paul Fielder and Greg Hertz to let them know that you do not support these bills – their contact details are below!

A Double-Edged Sword

There are two property tax bills in the legislature that cut two ways.

Both HB27 and SB4 will trigger a huge increase in taxes for those who have more than one acre and less than 640 acres.

These bills are an affront to your ability to live in the American traditions of agrarianism, barter, “hobby” farming and a cornerstone of living in Montana.

Let us look at the “winners” and “losers” where this loathsome legislation will ultimately take us.

The Winners:

  • The Counties, a huge increase in tax revenue to expand existing programs. Bigger Government.
  • The ability to increase tax funded jobs.Bigger Government
  • Public schools
  • The State, Bigger Government
  • The super wealthy who can afford the taxes and force the average person out

The Losers:

  • “Hobby” farmers
  • Senior citizens on fixed incomes
  • Environment, significant increases in subdivisions
  • Renters who rent a home with acreage
  • Your privacy, more government overreach
  • Farmers Markets
  • Montana’s children who want a rural way of life

 

Many Montanans do not live here for financial reasons. We live in Montana for the beauty and a quieter way of life.

These two bills, HB27 and SB4, will be a major step in taking where we live away from the “average” person.

Wonder if the sponsors of these two bills; HB27, Rep. Sherry Essman, Sherry.Essmann@legmt.gov;

and SB4, Senator Becky Beard, becky.beard@legmt.gov,

fully understand the unintended consequences of the bills?

Contact them and request they withdraw the bills. 

You can contact the Chair of House Tax committee Paul Fielder, Paul.Fielder@legmt.gov and Senate Tax Chair, Senator Greg Hertz, Greg.Hertz@legmt.gov and express your opposition to this legislation.

Hat Tip: Greg Hinkle, former State Senator

Thompson Falls, Mt

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If the answer to the following is YES then vote NO

 

Would it affect or diminish private ownership of anything?

Would it cost the individual any (permit, money, tax, fee or freedom)?

Would it require permission in any form?

Would it cause any growth in government or bureaucracy?

Would it add any new public employees?

Would it run counter to the constitution, federal or state, in any way?

Does it lack a sundown clause?

Does it yield to federal coercion?

Does it include: and for other purposes?

 

If the answer is YES then vote NO

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