Balancing economic development and conservation
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I will continue to fight for reasonable solutions that protect the environment, protect species and protect workers, but do not hamstring our economy. Continue Reading
We should all pay our fair share
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The upcoming legislative session provides us a great opportunity to close the loophole that allows out-of-state corporations to avoid paying state income tax, restore some fairness to our tax code, and boost the spending power of New Mexico families. Continue Reading
Jump on the exporting bandwagon
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Exporting is the most cost-effective way to turn our local economy around and the one that will require the least time and investment. Continue Reading
Talking about the state budget, voter ID, climate change and the prez race
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AUDIO: Heath Haussamen was on the statewide radio program News New Mexico earlier today to talk about the state’s projected budget surplus, voter photo ID, climate change, the presidential race and more. Click on the headline to listen. Continue Reading
State estimates $254 million surplus
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Lawmakers and the governor will have $254 million available for spending increases or tax cuts when the Legislature meets to craft a budget in January, the Associated Press is reporting. Continue Reading
Spaceport will be self-sufficient, director says
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Spaceport America’s executive director says she expects the facility to be “operationally self-sufficient” within a year of Virgin Galactic starting its flights. Continue Reading
Have yourself a wealthy Thanksgiving
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This Thanksgiving I give thanks to God for that which I have. I do not look with envy and entitlement at the possession of other Americans. Continue Reading
Now is the best time ever for young workers
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At a fast food style restaurant, I had a nodding relationship with the young fellow behind the counter. We would each say, “Howdy.” Last week he ventured an observation, “You sure were lucky to be young when it was still possible to become wealthy.” Continue Reading
Why the Tea Party and Occupy movements can get along
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If I were to pick the ringleaders out of the local Occupy and Tea Party groups and buy them all lunch, they’d probably find that they have more in common than they know. Continue Reading
Occupy movement should focus on tax and election reform
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The Occupy movement is right that the vast majority of Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to get a shot at a good life while a few at the top have amassed immense wealth. But if the movement is serious about solutions, it should focus on tax and election reform. Continue Reading
Underestimating China and other contract manufacturing nations
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The digitalization of the world, coupled with low Chinese wages and the enormous Chinese-held American debt and our growing trade deficit with them, may actually be the first shots heard round the world in the re-colonization of America (or at least America’s businesses). Continue Reading
Human nature and government limitation
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A cursory study of microeconomics reveals some human behavioral patterns that would suggest a limited government better serves the population, especially at the federal level. Continue Reading
Environmentalists punish companies without protecting people
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Despite what some readers might think, I do care about the environment. I just don’t see current government regulations as a way to solve our problems. In fact, those regulations often make the lives of average people worse. Continue Reading
Medicare benefits have been cut enough
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Our budget is in need of balancing – that fact can’t be denied – but to do so at the expense of our grandparents is shameful. Congress needs to find a different avenue for balancing the budget. Medicare benefits and reimbursements have been cut enough. Continue Reading
The unlevel playing field
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Despite what one Albuquerque Journal letter writer thinks, if the playing field was indeed fair and even, then – statistically – equal rates of people from every socioeconomic level would end up as financial failures. And that’s simply not the case. Continue Reading