Responding to Excuses About Local Budgets

By Kendall Cotton

08/07/2023

"Fiscally conservative budgeting takes political courage. Montana taxpayers should hold their local officials accountable for excessive budget growth."

TAGS: budget, spending

Uncontrolled Spending Burdens Taxpayers

By Kendall Cotton

07/17/2023

"For the sake of Montana taxpayers, this imbalance between state and local government budgeting should be corrected in the next legislative session."

TAGS: spending

Want Tax Relief? Reject Reckless Spending

By Tanner Avery

02/10/2023

"Rather than trying to get ‘just a little more’ from taxpayers, local governments need to follow Montanans’ lead and cut excess spending."

TAGS: spending

Tax Relief Made Possible By Conservative Budgeting

By Kendall Cotton

10/24/2022

"Montana’s state government is showing how to make tax relief successful. Local governments need to follow that example. Permanent, long-term tax relief is made possible only through a commitment to spending restraint."

TAGS: spending

For Tax Relief, Reject Reckless Spending

By Kendall Cotton

08/01/2022

"Local government leaders should be laser focused right now on keeping the growth of spending within the bounds of what average taxpayers can reasonably afford, but often instead they are focused on spending every last dime from taxpayers they can get their hands on."

TAGS: property taxes, spending

Lower Taxes Start by Reining in Spending

By Kendall Cotton

03/15/2022

"Placing fiscally conservative spending limits on state and local government spending is one way to protect taxpayers and start to undo the damage done by out-of-control government growth."

TAGS: budget, property taxes, spending

$200 Million Reasons for High Property Taxes

By Kendall Cotton

03/08/2022

"It’s time for local governments to place firm limits on the growth of new spending, keeping budgets within the bounds of economic growth and what taxpayers can reasonably afford."

TAGS: budget, property taxes, spending

MTLeg Viewpoint: Washington, D.C., must get its spending under control

By Sen. Mark Blasdel

12/15/2021

Washington, D.C., could learn a lot about responsible budgeting from Montana.

TAGS: budget, Inflation, Legislative Viewpoints, spending

Gallatin County and the Bozeman Fiber Boondoggle

By Eric Peterson

12/04/2021

Instead of trying and likely failing to get in the internet business themselves local officials should be focused on eliminating government barriers to hasten buildout.

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, Fiber optic, internet, spending

There’s Nothing Fair About Inflation

By Kendall Cotton

10/25/2021

Given the disproportionate harm done to lower-income people, fueling inflation by adding trillions to the national debt hardly seems fair to working Montanans.

TAGS: Inflation, spending

New Policy Brief: The Real Missoula Budget

By Kendall Cotton

09/22/2021

It’s time for local governments to place firm limits on the growth of new spending, keeping budgets within the bounds of economic growth and what taxpayers can reasonably afford.

TAGS: budget, Missoula, spending, taxes

Frontier Institute statement in support of SB 212

By Frontier Institute

02/15/2021

Transparency will Empower Taxpayers to Responsibly Limit Government Growth

TAGS: budget, Frontier statement, spending