Montana

Breakdown in the Americans’ Respect for the Rule of Law?0
- CONSTITUTION, Uncategorized
- July 16, 2013
Some commentators and compilers have sensed what they believe is a weakening of the rule of law in the United States. I’ve documented an example in one state. Conduct surrounding the George Zimmerman case provides additional cause for concern, including prejudicial comments by President Obama and rioting subsequent to acquittal. To his credit, President Obama
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Colorado, Here's One Way You Can Learn from Montana—Reject the Obamacare Medicaid Extension 0
- CONSTITUTION, ObamaCare
- April 21, 2013
Colorado’s legislature and governor have opted to endanger our state’s financial future—and the quality of health care—by yoking Colorado to Obamacare’s risky and expensive “Medicaid expansion.” This is one area in which Colorado could take a lesson from our sister state to the north, Montana. Montana has a long history of what used to be
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Protect Democracy: Avoid Election-Day Registration 0
- CONSTITUTION, Uncategorized
- April 12, 2013
Carting uninformed, transient voters to the polls to vote for the political boss-man is a time-dishonored practice of demagogues everywhere. It has been proposed for Colorado, but it has no place here. Some historical perspective: America has a long tradition of democratic governance. By the time our American Constitution was adopted, nearly all states had
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Think your state courts are bad? Check this out.0
- CONSTITUTION
- March 8, 2013
Conservatives in Colorado and other states often complain about the liberalism of their states’ courts. They should be glad they don’t live in Montana. Montana’s public image is one of rugged individualism, and in a few spheres of life (such as guns), image reflects reality. But in fiscal and regulatory affairs, Montana has a long
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The Problem with Transit 0
- Miscellaneous
- July 16, 2010
Table 12 of the historical tables supplementing the 2010 Public Transit Fact Book reveals that, since 1970, the number of workers needed to operate America’s public transit systems has increased by 180 percent. Table 38 reveals that, in the same time period, the cost of operating buses, trolley buses, light rail, and heavy rail (the […]
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Tax and Spending Limits for Montana? Criteria for Assessing Current Proposals 0
- Issue Papers, Publications
- September 19, 1994
IP-10-1994 (September 1994) Author: Robert G. Natelson PDF of full Issue Paper Scribd version of full Issue Paper Executive Summary: This November, Montana voters will consider two proposals to place Tax- Expenditure Limitations (TELs) in the state constitution. There is a clear inverse correlation between level of state and local government revenue and comparative economic
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