Gianforte: the Governor had 4 Years to Deliver Job Creating Tax Relief, and He Failed

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The governor had 4 years to deliver job creating tax relief, and he failed to deliver. That's how Bozeman businessman and tech entrepreneur Greg Gianforte responded to Gov. Steve Bullock's taxpayer funded press stunt in which the governor now claims he wants to propose tax relief in 2017. This, despite the fact that Bullock vetoed three tax relief measures during the last legislative session alone.

Earlier this Spring, Gianforte unveiled his 406 Tax Relief plan. Under Gianforte's plan, every taxpaying veteran, every taxpaying business, and every taxpayer would get relief and job creating policies.

GIANFORTE: "This Governor had the opportunity to provide these types of tax incentives and get rid of the Business Equipment Tax. He failed. And now Montana's revenues are in decline and we're seeing high wage job layoffs across the state. This is a time for real leaders, not half measures. If the governor had actually done something these last 4 years, we probably wouldn't be in this position."

While Bullock touts his Main Street Montana program as a job creator, Gianforte's campaign asked why the Governor seems so unwilling to listen to Main Street businesses, and why the program hasn't delivered any tangible results. Campaign spokesman Aaron Flint said the program has become "a self-licking ice cream cone:"

AARON FLINT:"This is a governor who spent 4 years vetoing tax relief for hard working Montanans. And now he has the gall to try and spin out some copycat proposals at the last minute. This Main Street Montana program has become the classic "self-licking ice cream cone' we always see from career politicians like Steve Bullock."

Gianforte is a candidate for governor, and is the founder of RightNow Technologies. He started the company out of his house in Bozeman, and created over 500 jobs in Montana. The average Montana salary at RightNow was nearly $90,000 a year.

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