tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post3633327199606081673..comments2023-04-04T07:59:32.308-06:00Comments on The Lowdown: Tester slips forest initiative into massive Senate spending billAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02548265476522423800noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-5873019174552007102010-12-17T14:13:08.690-07:002010-12-17T14:13:08.690-07:00as a disabled Vet on a fixed income i can not beli...as a disabled Vet on a fixed income i can not believe our Montana Senator refuses to lower taxes on an already poor state. it did not take Tester long to find the money and out side interst people who only want to rape Montana of its resources. i would rather see bills that deal with the handi cap access to inable them to hunt and fish. people who can not walk long distances but could use an ATV Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-36705021270970451042010-12-16T12:44:20.343-07:002010-12-16T12:44:20.343-07:00Do our elected representatives EVER look back at w...Do our elected representatives EVER look back at what was previously signed into law in order to see how things are working out?<br /><br />Where is the reality check moment?<br /><br />You name the program and it is hugely over budget and not working out. Here are a few examples: Social Security (Another definition for Ponzi scheme), Medicare and Medicaid, Agricultural subsidies,Career Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-24340250915000834062010-12-16T09:05:30.627-07:002010-12-16T09:05:30.627-07:00From: Jack Wayne Chappell
Twin Falls, Idaho
On hi...From: Jack Wayne Chappell<br />Twin Falls, Idaho<br /><br />On his way out the door, Bill Clinton sign over 51 million acres of our national parks to the U.N. Biosphere program. What is to stop any President from doing the same with our Wilderness areas? Absolutely nothing that I know of. We need a Sovereign Lands Act.Jack Wayne Chappellhttp://www.futurityartswest.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-75707517252239674862010-12-15T17:58:00.162-07:002010-12-15T17:58:00.162-07:00Multiply Testers Bill times thousands of others li...Multiply Testers Bill times thousands of others like it. Each congressman trying to grab cash and power for votes from citizens who have no idea about the "big picture". Is everyone so short sighted? Can't they see the desperate fiscal situation we are in? Fourteen trillion in debt, borrowing 40 cents of every dollar, three trillion dollar budgets, no problem…let’s spend billions onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-16492764429242651372010-12-15T14:52:01.646-07:002010-12-15T14:52:01.646-07:00Sounds like he listened to a lot of Montanans. I d...Sounds like he listened to a lot of Montanans. I did not vote for Tester, but it seems to me that he is trying to get some common sense into the system. <br /><br />The big problem is the Far East and Far West in this country, (and congress) that feel that Montana should be a perpetual wilderness for wolves and bears. <br /><br />I like the bill. It would be nice if the system was set up so that Jerry Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179596124120675979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-84864718862879037772010-12-15T14:14:58.343-07:002010-12-15T14:14:58.343-07:00I will not vote for anyone who doesn't make ba...I will not vote for anyone who doesn't make balancing the budget and paying off the national debt within 50 years, without raising taxes, their number one priority.<br /><br />My wife and I currently pay 54% in taxes without considering the hidden ones on gas, batteries and the like. I am retired on a fixed income that isn't quite enough to pay the taxes on my wife's salary. My Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-4709502480199711742010-12-15T12:50:27.168-07:002010-12-15T12:50:27.168-07:00Even though i would have went along with this as a...Even though i would have went along with this as a seperate bill i do not go along with it now just because of the way it is being presented. Looks like another Senator should be run outta town on a rail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-15970593136271600522010-12-15T09:08:12.928-07:002010-12-15T09:08:12.928-07:00I'm with Rehberg; wasn't Tester paying att...I'm with Rehberg; wasn't Tester paying attention to the Nov. election? No More Spending until we have a budget and get out of the hole!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-3957492089019150662010-12-15T08:29:52.316-07:002010-12-15T08:29:52.316-07:0020,000 pork earmarks, S1470 violates several feder...20,000 pork earmarks, S1470 violates several federal laws and our U.S. Constitution but then the Senator never was about following the law or being about open government and transparency. To him its all about paying back his out of state contributors to his election. Montana be damned and please pass the pork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-2681921841950238502010-12-15T04:47:42.222-07:002010-12-15T04:47:42.222-07:00First reaction: The Quincy Library Group lives! Wh...First reaction: The Quincy Library Group lives! When local residents come together and find common ground, there actually *is* hope for results from all their hard work and unpaid hours of participation. I was starting to doubt after watching/covering a series of collaborative groups over the last 10 years. Passage will give a huge boost to that process. This is really quite an amazing John Q. Murrayhttp://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/article.php/20101104213908312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-36774625955876923362010-12-15T03:09:18.242-07:002010-12-15T03:09:18.242-07:00Tester..Lying since before he was elected. Nice t...Tester..Lying since before he was elected. Nice to see that "doing his job" means subverting the systemCapt Black Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12143322501685866089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-38439938671800876952010-12-14T23:45:40.813-07:002010-12-14T23:45:40.813-07:00And Tester threw mud at Conrad Burns for earmarks!...And Tester threw mud at Conrad Burns for earmarks! This is the biggest low down trick I a Montana Senator has ever pulled. He should move to California or New York to play politics. <br />The whole *dam bill is a boondoggle on the nation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-33841383717764035232010-12-14T19:17:29.121-07:002010-12-14T19:17:29.121-07:00the supreme court will be visiting the mandated lo...the supreme court will be visiting the mandated logging language in this bill. that much is certain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-70613077550378251112010-12-14T19:12:29.014-07:002010-12-14T19:12:29.014-07:00corruption.... it's what's for dinner now ...corruption.... it's what's for dinner now in the us of a. <br /><br />lowest common denominator reasoning applies here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251459884806733144.post-84476821388074585022010-12-14T16:41:55.673-07:002010-12-14T16:41:55.673-07:00Nice work- yeah, I think you and those of us in ra...Nice work- yeah, I think you and those of us in radio were the only ones who had the story last week. I wonder though, this spending bill has grown so large and the more controversial legislation they add- will it be enough to lead a Senate revolt to block it altogether?Aaron Flinthttp://www.voicesofmontana.comnoreply@blogger.com