{"id":1853,"date":"2011-01-17T20:44:40","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T03:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2011-01-17T20:44:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-18T03:44:40","slug":"the-gov-speaks-and-revenues-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=1853","title":{"rendered":"The Gov Speaks and Revenues Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago Montana&#8217;s <del datetime=\"2011-01-18T02:56:10+00:00\">governor<\/del> bully-in-chief made a <a href=\"http:\/\/missoulian.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/article_d1032a3c-0fa6-11e0-82b9-001cc4c002e0.html\">news splash<\/a> when he accused the legislators of being the &#8220;biggest boozers&#8221; in the state.  Many of these fine individuals were justifiably insulted, especially considering the well-deserved reputation BS has cultivated for indulging in a nip or two whenever the spirits move him.  <\/p>\n<p>Well now that the session is in full throttle, it seems that the gov&#8217;s words may have some unintended consequences.  Local hospitality establishments are already noting a significant decline in revenues from previous years.  <\/p>\n<p>Economics 101:  Lower revenues for Montana businesses = lower taxes to the state.<\/p>\n<p>Seems the administration&#8217;s rosy budget numbers may be in more jeopardy than previously thought.  <\/p>\n<p>Wanna drink to that, Governor?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About a month ago Montana&#8217;s governor bully-in-chief made a news splash when he accused the legislators of being the &#8220;biggest boozers&#8221; in the state. Many of these fine individuals were justifiably insulted, especially considering the well-deserved reputation BS has cultivated &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=1853\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xq4i-tT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1856,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions\/1856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}