Tom Burnett

"How radical is Bozeman, Montana? Possibly as radical as Portland, Oregon." That's what former State Rep. Tom Burnett (R-Bozeman) writes in the below open letter.

Did you know that the Government pays $9,000 a year per enrollee into head start? And the ratio of Staff to Students is 2-1..wow. What is K20, you need to know. Listen when you have time.

Former State Representative Tom Burnett joined me to talk about the Governor's budget, particularly what fat can be cut.  Bullock's proposed budget is $11.5 billion over two years and relies on nearly half the revenues from Washington, DC.  It reportedly represents an increase in spending of 13% and includes:

Did you know that if you are a family of 6 in Montana making $38,000 a year, and you apply for government assistance, if you received all you are eligible for your assistance would be worth $93,000. Why would you try to better yourself when the handouts are so great.

TANF stands for Temporary Assistance For Needy Families. And boy you talk about a waste of money here in Montana. Tom and I broke down the facts and figures.

If the US Government could only cut out the waste in it's budget, we would have more than enough money to balance the budget and have a surplus. Montana is no different. We have programs that waste money, departments that do the same duties as other departments, people and offices that are not accountable and it's getting worse...

Big Sky Pachyderm will be hosting a candidate night at their regular meeting on Thursday, February 2 at 6:30 PM at the Holiday Inn in Bozeman. The following candidates will be attending: for governor- Neil Livingstone; for the MT legislature- Ted Washburn, Tom Burnett and Kerry White; for county commissioner- Peter Rothing...