Baucus boasted to reporters that he would discuss tax reform with the many leaders on hand at the summit. FedEx CEO Fed Smith said, for example, "If the people in this audience and the people of Montana and the people of the United States want to invigorate the American economy, there is a very straightforward path to do so and that is get with Sen. Max Baucus and reform the tax code." Others highlighted domestic energy production in Montana, home to part of the Bakken shale region, a burgeoning oil exploration site. Baucus gets to look like a statesman talking jobs for his constituents while achieving his real goals: a high-profile event that made business press headlines and brought more attention to his long-shot tax reform bid. "I'll bring the big names to Montana. Then it's your job to turn handshakes into Montana jobs," Baucus says in the ad. I'm sure the senator would like to help out with that, but he's presumably too busy compiling a corporate tax break wish list from the CEOs in attendance.
Source: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/114750/montana-economic-development-summit
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