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GOP hopes Oregon tax increases mean Montana business

It’s a dog-eat-dog world, and these days, jobs may be the bone.

Montana Republicans are asking the Department of Commerce to target Oregon businesses in an advertising blitz that looks to steal jobs and promote Big Sky Country as a friendlier place to do business.

State Sen. Jeff Essmann, R-Billings http://leg.mt.gov/css/Sessions/61st/leg_info.asp?HouseID=0&SessionID=94&LAWSID=4371 , wrote a letter to the Department of Commerce http://commerce.mt.gov/ , asking Director Anthony Preite to target Oregon bausinesses and ask them to relocate to Montana and bring their jobs with them.

The letter comes in the wake of a bill passed by Oregon voters that will raise taxes there by $733 million through increases to the corporate minimum tax, a tax on high-income earners, and a higher income tax on businesses.

By MARTIN J. KIDSTON Independent Record

Full Story: http://helenair.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_1e8760c0-1eb2-11df-8074-001cc4c002e0.html

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