Opinion: American democracy on life support…
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Commentary from the Daily Montanan:
https://dailymontanan.com/2022/04/02/american-democracy-alive-or-dead/?
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Bumper sticker seen around Carbon County…
no forced pregnancy, no government tyranny, live and let live, stay out of the uterus, personal decision, pro-choice
Of course Gianforte doesn’t care about people struggling to better themselves and pay for college, despite nefarious student loan policies, he can not only buy his election he could buy a college…
From the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2022/09/21/more-than-100k-montanans-eligible-for-student-debt-relief-according-to-white-house-projections/?
Florida’s DeSantis is a heartless bully and fascist, offering no solutions — is he better or worse than Trump?…
From the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2022/09/22/as-desantis-tries-to-rob-immigrants-of-their-humanity-he-manages-to-lose-his-own/? migrants, immigrants, government tyranny, wants everyone to live as he does, pseudo-Christian
Another advocate for vote suppression comes out in a letter to the editor in the Carbon County News, discouraging absentee voting — must be a non-working person who doesn’t travel…
Difficult to vote in person if you have to work that day, have limited mobility or have to travel or...
Ignoring the fact that gas taxes pay for only roughly one-third of road costs, a Montana state legislator attacks electric vehicles (& a smart energy future) by asking EVs to pay more in taxes than they already do in electricity fees…
From the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2022/09/20/interim-committee-passes-two-draft-bills-aimed-at-taxing-electric-vehicles/? double taxation, climate change, EV future better for Montana, fossil fuels lobbyist, Denley Loge
Anyone surprised?: the Gianforte administration makes a workforce training program difficult to enter and then, citing low participation, redirects money for the program to businesses…
From the Billings Gazette: https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/republicans-shift-6m-from-workforce-training-grants-to-biz-automation-loans/article_396c6a65-bd49-51ac-9322-6beb80adfbd5.html? sleight-of-hand, benefitting big business instead of individuals, who profits?, Department of Commerce, typical Republican antics,...