03/13/2013
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"Some units of local governments that are already fairly well off receive large PILT payments while some areas that have very limited resources do not receive as much."
"I am worried that history is about to repeat itself with the Republican Majority either allowing PILT to expire or targeting the program for significant cuts in funding."
"What we must not do is cut PILT and then use that cut as an excuse to degrade our environmental safeguards on public lands."
"If programs like PILT and Secure Rural Schools are truly vital to our rural communities throughout the West, then we must find ways to fully fund them."