Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: taxes

  • What Are They Fighting Over?

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/28/news/state/35-delisting.txt">Who will pay for wolf costs undecided</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Since it first declared gray wolves in need of protection, the federal government has paid the bill to help rebuild the predator's population in the Northern Rockies.<br />n<br />nBut with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now declaring wolves recovered and eager to hand off full…

  • The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

    Interesting series of articles in the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/http://www.billingsgazette.net/">Gazette</a> about conservation Easements and there use and affects in Eastern Montana. <br />n<br />nThe Good:<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/26/news/state/25-easement.txt">Conservation easement preserve family's way of life</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Glasgow-area rancher Steve Page wasn't thinking about tax incentives when he negotiated a conservation easement on 24,000 acres in Valley County.<br />n<br…

  • Where Will This Lead

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/14/build/nation/25-usda-farmers.inc">Using images from above, <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> prosecutes farmers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Satellites have monitored crop conditions around the world for decades, helping traders predict futures prices in commodities markets and governments anticipate crop shortages.<br />n<br />nBut those satellite images are now increasingly turning…

  • Water Rights Fee

    I got my bill in the mail for <a href="http://www.montanaforum.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4378">water rights</a>. I find the statement that a persons bill could be up to $400 dollars a laugh.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Individuals can expect to pay $20 per water right every two years for the next decade. People with multiple water rights will pay up to $400.</blockquote><br />n<br…