Busse for Montana spot highlights unpopular governor’s record tax increase
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BOZEMAN, Mont. — Busse for Montana, the gubernatorial campaign of former firearms executive Ryan Busse, today released a new radio ad highlighting Governor Greg Gianforte’s record residential property tax increase.
“Gianforte raised our property taxes by as much as 111 percent,” the Busse for Montana ad says. “Now Gianforte is lying about who’s to blame, and fellow Republican leaders are calling out his lies. They’re tired of Gianforte handing out tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires like himself, while pricing hardworking Montanans out of their homes.”
The one-minute radio ad, airing statewide, is available online HERE:
TRANSCRIPT:
Montana has never been more expensive and Governor Greg Gianforte is pouring gas on the fire. Gianforte raised our property taxes by as much as 111%. That’s the largest increase in Montana’s history. You pay more, Gianforte pays less. He’s the only homeowner in his neighborhood whose property taxes actually went down. Now Gianforte is lying about who’s to blame, and fellow Republican leaders are calling out his lies. They’re tired of Gianforte handing out tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires like himself, while pricing hardworking Montanans out of their homes. Ryan Busse has a plan to lower property taxes. The Montana Taxpayers Association calls his plan “the simplest,” and it’ll cut property taxes by $112 million—bringing permanent relief to middle-class families. Ryan Busse is ready to fix this on Day One. He’s running to get your Montana back… and lower your taxes.
QUICK FACTS:
- Pronunciation: Ryan BUSS’-ee
- Home: Kalispell, Mont.
- Office Sought: Governor of Montana
- Affiliation: Democrat
- Website: busseformontana.com
- X (Twitter): @ryandbusse
- DOB: 2/23/70 (53)
- Occupation: Writer, Consultant, Firearms Expert and Former Executive (Vice President of Sales, Kimber America: 1995-2020)
- Family: Married to Sara for 24 years; two sons: Lander (18) and Badge (15)
- Alma Mater: Bethany College (Kansas)
- Chevy Odometer: 280,000 miles
- Hunting Dogs: Aldo and Teddy
- Bio: Ryan Busse is an author and former firearms executive who helped build the gun company Kimber from Kalispell between 1995 and 2020. Over his 25-year career Busse directed the sales of nearly three million Kimber firearms. His memoir, Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America, was published by PublicAffairs (Hachette) in 2021. Busse was born near the Kansas cattle ranch homesteaded by his great-grandfather. He is an avid hunter, angler and champion of public lands, and has held leadership positions with Backcountry Hunters and Anglers and Montana Conservation Voters. Busse and his wife Sara live in Kalispell and have two teenage sons.