Montana governor builds surplus with ranch mentality [View all]

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By Christopher Palmeri

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While other governors commonly say they run their states like a business, Schweitzer, a 56-year-old Democrat, calls his management style “running government like a ranch.” Montana was one of only two states to report surpluses from 2009 to 2011, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The other was North Dakota.

Rising tax collections on individual income, corporate licenses, oil and gas production and insurance will leave $427 million to spare at the end of June 2013, according to a Dec. 5 report by the Legislative Fiscal Division, almost three times what was forecast earlier this year.

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Schweitzer 2016.

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