A Montana Republican legislative leader suggests that the GOP back a sales tax. Senate President and former Speaker of the House Scott Sales said in a recent radio interview that Republicans should do so as a way of eliminating our state income tax. Given Montanans’ historical opposition to the sales tax idea, Sales’ advocacy on behalf of the GOP reminds me of the proverbial tale of the frog and the scorpion. A scorpion asks a frog to swim it across a river on its back. The frog hesitates, afraid of being stung by the scorpion, drowning both of them. Continue Reading →
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I wrote last year about how people from all over the country were licensing their pricey RVs in Montana, to avoid paying the sales tax in their home states. Well, a writer for Autotrader.com says the owners of high-priced exotic cars are doing the same thing. Here’s how Doug DeMuro starts the article: (more…) Continue Reading →