ilovethecats said:
I think it'd be very easy to implement a sales tax for out of staters if they so choose to. I personally think they should do exactly that. We already do it in high tourist areas like Big Sky and Yellowstone. I can't imagine it'd be very difficult to pull off and would generate a lot of money. I've always been curious why we haven't been doing this all along.
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you go to a motel anywhere in Montana for a room, you pay the bed tax, no exceptions. If you show a Montana ID you wouldn't have pay it. It is not hard.
Out of Stater's don't show ID unless they have a valid Montana ID. Not everyone shows an ID. Every one from out of state is used to a sales tax, it wouldn't bother them a bit.
I don't know much about Juras, if you say she is against' hunting and fishing, she won't last long.
I ATV all summer long and I can tell you this, there is more state land that is not accessible for the public because of land owners blocking access to it. My brother in-law is in a law suit fighting to get access to state land that a certain landowner is blocking. The landowner has the MT Fish Wildlife and Parks in his pocket.
Our corrupt politicians (current) could care less about us getting on public land. They line their pockets with the money of the big land owners and that is all they want.