Dear Editor: What a scam

Dear Editor,

OK, armed and ready, I sat down with a computer, a postcard, and letter from Governor Gianforte, and two letters from his Revenue Department on how to get a property tax rebate. 

Logged on to the website and bonk – What's a geocode?  Frustrated, I set the paperwork aside.

Days later, thought I'd try again and Googled, "What is a Montana Geocode?"  Good ole Google took me to a website with four pages of instructions on how to get the code necessary to complete an application for a tax rebate. Adding more paperwork to the pile, I found the 17-digit code and started the application again. Hmmm. I was asked to fill out more numbers and data from papers that the Revenue Department mailed to me or already knows about me.

What infuriates me most is a request to verify that my claim is not fraudulent. Then they asked for my email and cell phone number! 

Wrapping up, I could print my claim was accepted - who has a printer? What happened to the Republican Party that touts less government, lower taxes, and privacy?  Gone, apparently. 

Governor Gianforte raised my taxes, created red tape, and took personal information. What a scam.  

Jan Lombardi

Montana Democrat Party