Few Legislators Vote Conservative
Friday, 05 March 2010 15:19
According to the just-released Montana Conservatives Taxpayer’s Advisory Bulletin (TAB), state legislators were predominantly left of center in the 2009 session, voting only 24% of the time conservative – two points lower than the previous session.
Former state representative Scott Orr (R-Libby,) newly-elected president of Montana Conservatives, said the TAB results “once again demonstrate that while many candidates campaign on a conservative, smaller government theme, fewer than one-fourth of them actually vote that way in Helena. As a result, Montanan’s budget continues to expand and state government continues to grow larger and more intrusive.”
Smart Growth Caused the Bubble
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 17:56
By Evelyn Pyburn
The housing bubble was not caused by artificially low interest rates, by the Community Reinvestment Act, or by poor risk-assessments, claims Randal O’Toole, a policy analyst of the Cato Institute. If those things were the cause, the impacts would have been felt equally, nationwide; there would not have been the broad variables from state to state, which were so evident during the recent housing crisis.
Cap & Trade Threatens Property
Wednesday, 03 March 2010 17:48
By Evelyn Pyburn
The environmental movement has passed its peak, believes Steven F. Hayward, of the American Enterprise Institute. In the future, “They are going to look back and see that climate change is the issue that ate their movement,” Hayward told attendees of the property rights forum – “Your Land is My Land”, in Bozeman, last week.
