Montana Legislator Talks About LR 131 and Taxing Veterans

Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM Information) – State legislator Brad Tschida appeared on the Thursday Speak Again present to reply questions from listeners as he runs for the State Senate in District 49.

Tschida was requested by a caller concerning the controversial Legislative Referendum 131. He learn a part of the initiative’s poll language.

Tschida Learn from LR 131

“For those who learn the textual content of LR 131, it is fairly plain and easy and I will learn a few of it as a result of I introduced it with me,” started Tschida. “In part two merchandise one it says ‘the state asserts a compelling curiosity in defending the lifetime of any toddler born alive following an abortion’. Now there is a woman in Kalispell by the title Robinson Surtell, who’s a really sturdy pro-life lady and she or he survived two abortion makes an attempt, so there is a lady I put a variety of credibility in.”

Tschida additional defined his help for LR 131.

“For those who go on additional within the invoice, it says, Merchandise two; an toddler born life is a authorized individual for all functions beneath the legal guidelines of the state and is entitled to the safety of the legislation, together with the proper to acceptable and cheap medical care and therapy,” he mentioned. “It additionally says within the absence of correct authorized protections, new child infants who’ve survived abortions have been denied acceptable life-saving or life-sustaining medical care and therapy and have been left to die. So we have to present the identical service for these people as we offer for untimely infants.”

Tschida says to Look Intently at Poll Measures earlier than you Vote ‘Sure’

Tschida supplied one instance of how Missoula residents are actually voting to tax themselves out of their houses with new poll initiatives.

“I met a gentleman who broke his again in a automobile accident in 2019, and he is now residing over on the Bruce Blattner flats, and he mentioned ‘I reside on 1,700 bucks a month’,” he mentioned. “So if his lease goes up, what’s someone like that going to do to pay the additional lease? Individuals in Missoula want to try stopping the self-inflicted wounds, all of the bond points, mill levies, and people sorts of issues. They straight affect the price of residing, whether or not you personal a house, or lease a house, so when you’re inflicting wounds on your self, cease.”

Requested by a listener if he has any payments he desires to place ahead within the legislature if elected, Tschida responded with a plea to assist veterans.

Cease Taxing Advantages for Montana Veterans

“I might remove the taxes on army retirement, I consider we have to do this,” he mentioned. “We have got people who completely put their life on the road no matter whether or not they have seen fight or not. These are individuals who stood on the prepared and mentioned, I am prepared to present my life for my nation. And I consider that we owe them on the very least the flexibility to reside in a state of Montana that’s quantity two nationally by way of the variety of veterans. It might be even primary, however we’re proper on the high of the states which have an enormous veteran inhabitants. Let’s do them the courtesy and the favor and acknowledge their service by saying your army pensions should not going to be taxed within the state of Montana.”

Tschida is opposed by Democrat Willis Curdy in Senate District 49, previously held by Democrat Diane Sands.