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Jon Tester: “Property taxes have increased across the board in this state…”

Featuring: Jon Tester, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Montana

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Published | Video Starts at 57:12

Most of it comes from the local level, and it should, those are where the decision should be made of. But when you have Property taxes have increased across the board in this state 50% and higher. it makes it really tough to go out to taxpayer and say, hey man, we need a mill levy for whatever it might be, because quite frankly, the tax has been unnecessarily, I might add, increased on the taxpayers. (57:12–57:31)

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Asserts that property taxes in the state have increased by 50% or more.

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