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Crystal Ball 2014

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– “Rounding error” in Paul Ryan-Patty Murray federal budget deal adds $2 trillion to national debt. – Exxon announces Lost Ark of the Covenant discovered during fracking operation in Montana. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.

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Black Gold Rush

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Breakthroughs in horizontal drilling techniques, decades in development, suddenly made it possible to pull billions of barrels of high-grade oil out of the huge Bakken shale deposits that stretch continuously across the western half of North Dakota and into the northeastern corner of Montana. ” Black gold, that is.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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Industrial Revenue Bonds: May be used as long-term financing of up to 100% of a project for: Acquisition of land, buildings, site preparation and improvements; Construction of buildings; Acquisition and installation of furnishings, fixtures and equipment; Capitalizable soft costs (e.g., 97% increase in personal property tax exemption.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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Types of Capital Credit projects include: New Project or Expansion Project: Consists of new investment at a new site in Alabama, or new investment that will expand the capacity and the number of employees at an existing facility. The law allows more than one project on the same site. The program ends December 2016. CONNECTICUT.

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Sequestration Nation

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This happened during an earlier pre-fabricated budget showdown in 2011, which featured a threatened default on the national debt and resulted in the first-ever downgrade of the United States’ AAA credit rating. The Montana House of Representatives passed a bill last week, introduced by State Rep.