hope this becomes a trend….

October 17, 2010 in Montana

by problembear   http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/business-groups-distance-chamber-commerce/ excerpt: “They’ve abandoned the interests of smaller chambers like mine for their larger corporate members,” Stan Kosciuszko of the Butler County, Pennsylvania, Chamber told Washington Monthly. The Butler County chamber has also severed its formal links with the US Chamber. “In 2008, a third of [the US Chamber's] revenues came from just [...]

putting on my flack jacket now…

October 17, 2010 in Montana

by problembear gonna paint a target on my backside for my stances on some of these citizens initiatives from folks in the progressive community but here goes; CI-105 which would prevent any entity in montana from assessing a transfer tax on property sold in montana. i have the most trouble coming up with a stand [...]

estate/death tax: pros and cons

October 17, 2010 in Montana

by problembear commentary by guests  - i want to listen and learn….if you would prefer that your comment be part of this post just email it to me at problembear@vzw.blackberry.net and i will cut and paste it into the pro and con portions of this post …. to start this off i have included a [...]