GOP hopes Oregon tax increases mean Montana business
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It’s a dog-eat-dog world, and these days, jobs may be the bone.
Montana Republicans are asking the Department of Commerce to target Oregon businesses in an advertising blitz that looks to steal jobs and promote Big Sky Country as a friendlier place to do business.
State Sen. Jeff Essmann, R-Billings http://leg.mt.gov/css/Sessions/61st/ ... LAWSID=4371 , wrote a letter to the Department of Commerce http://commerce.mt.gov/ , asking Director Anthony Preite to target Oregon bausinesses and ask them to relocate to Montana and bring their jobs with them.
The letter comes in the wake of a bill passed by Oregon voters that will raise taxes there by $733 million through increases to the corporate minimum tax, a tax on high-income earners, and a higher income tax on businesses.
By MARTIN J. KIDSTON Independent Record
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The practice of poaching business from another state is now taking on a somewhat negative tone in many respects. I agree with New Jersey that a better and more productive effort is to promote the better aspects of a state to make entrepreneurs in any state more aware of the opportunities available. Montana Ambassadors http://www.montanaambassadors.com/ is developing a series of local chapters in many of the larger communities throughout the U.S. These are great ways to bring the Montana story to the local business community and respectfully encourage them to think of Montana in their future plans. I would encourage that Montana put more support behind the efforts of Ambassadors instead of developing a confrontational program that could have far-reaching unintended consequences in the future. --Russ
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