FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 3, 2007
Note: Rep. Bergren is available at 2:00p.m. and 2:30p.m. TODAY in the House Minority office, Room 375 of the Montana State Capitol for interviews:
444-4044
Democrat Leader Says GOP Hiding Intent to Give Big
Tax Give-Aways to Multinational Corps
Ordinary Homeowners, Main Street Businesses Left Out of
Republican Tax Plans
(Helena, MT) House Deputy Minority Leader Rep. Bob Bergren of Havre today vowed that
Democrats will continue to make historic tax cuts for homeowners and small businesses their top priority in the coming Special Session. He also
blasted Republicans’ for concealing efforts to advance millions in tax give-aways to multinational corporations and wealthy out-of-state
vacation home owners.
“Republican leaders Mike Lange and Scott Sales have consistently blocked
meaningful tax reform that would benefit working families throughout the 2007 legislative session. The tax-cut proposal they are now pushing is
all about giving tax breaks to undeserving multi-national corporations and wealthy vacation homeowners,” said Rep. Bergren.
“The true intent of their tax plan is to give huge tax breaks to Exxon, who is
gouging Montanans at the pump; to BNSF, who is gouging our family farmers and ranchers at the railhead, and to Blixseth and Charles Schwab, who are
throwing up gated communities across Montana.”
During the 2007 Session, Republicans rejected Democratic proposals to reduce the tax
burden on Montana families by enforcing the laws to make out-of-state businesses who make money in Montana pay the taxes they already owe.
“Montanans have a right to ask Rep. Sales why he insists on protecting the
out-of-state multinational corporations from paying the taxes they owe. After all, when out-of-staters evade their tax bills, ordinary Montanans pay
higher taxes, and it gives them a competitive advantage over our main street businesses,” added Bob Bergren.
Speaker Sales told Yellowstone Public Radio yesterday [5-2-07] that he opposes all Democratic
tax measures to level the playing field for Montanans, which include permanently reducing the tax burden on small businesses in Montana, and to put an
end to the unfair tax advantages enjoyed by the out-of-state corporations who make money in Montana.
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