New Mexico’s biggest problem
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Sen. Eric Griego was right on in a recent commentary to criticize state lawmakers who refused to discuss, debate and vote on raising revenues during the 2011 legislative session. Continue Reading
A bankrupt rationale for budget cuts
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“The economy forced legislators to cut spending,” Sen. Campos wrote recently. No, it was highly paid lobbyists for the richest New Mexicans and out-of-state corporations who forced the Democratic majority to cut spending and not raise revenues. Continue Reading
Raise revenues before noon on March 19
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The explosion of income and wealth among New Mexico’s richest, the dramatic drop in their personal state income tax rates, our state lawmakers’ budget cuts for the past three years, the cutting of public services, and the cutting of education for the middle class, working poor, and poor are coming home to roost. Continue Reading