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Gov. Susana Martinez has been displaying an increasing frustration with elected officials who, in her view, get in the way of bettering New Mexico. Her speech Wednesday at the Domenici Public Policy Conference in Las Cruces was no exception. Continue Reading
Hang on to your hats, because as tough as it is to find a job in New Mexico now, it could get much worse. We need decisive action now. We need to act on multiple fronts. We need to focus. Nothing else is as urgent. Continue Reading
We need policies that encourage growth and job creation. We also need my opponents in the Las Cruces mayoral race to join me in making this the fairest, most transparent campaign in our city’s history. Continue Reading
To win the future for the nation and New Mexico, we need to strengthen our rural economies. Continue Reading
In a recent editorial published by NMPolitics.net, a former Bush Administration appointee trumpeted the necessity of passing a number of free trade agreements when instead he should have been focusing on promoting fair trade – a totally different concept. Continue Reading
Because New Mexico ranks near the bottom in job creation, our congressional delegation should vote for free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. If Congress doesn’t ratify these agreements soon, many will wonder if our leaders are serious about creating jobs and getting our economy back on track. Continue Reading
We’re so transfixed by this iconic battle between left and right that we seem to have forgotten what precipitated our current economic woes in the first place – a lack of commonsense regulation in the financial markets. Continue Reading
To save U.S. manufacturing, Americans must focus on the real problems behind the losses in factories here. The effective solutions are found on the factory floor, so it is engineers and factory managers who can best solve them. Continue Reading
Tea partiers have forced America to risk default with their insistence on dramatic spending cuts and opposition to tax increases. But their actions are based on a genuine concern that Washington’s spending has taken us to the brink. Continue Reading
As many House Republicans push for a cuts-only approach to addressing the nation’s deficit problem, 1st Congressional District candidate Dan Lewis says they must reject tax increases and other revenue raisers. Continue Reading
We have a default not in the American people, not in our full faith and credit, but a default of leadership in Washington. Continue Reading
Our country is facing the same kind of financial disaster now that we faced in the early 1980s. We can survive this one too, if we support our president and have faith in our country – and if today’s Republicans are willing to be at least as fiscally responsible as President Reagan and Senator Baker. Continue Reading
Washington often fails to function these days regardless of who is in office, which party controls things, and how hard they’re trying to get things done. We – the majority who want to see more compromise – need to demand a functional Washington. Continue Reading
While great evil exists both outside and inside our nation, it is much like every other year. There have been and will always be great danger. It does not look worse today than it did at other times in our country’s history. Continue Reading
One of the governor’s recent vetoes puts the interests of the tobacco industry ahead of the health of New Mexico citizens. It also enables a continuation of unequal treatment for cigarette makers who did not join an agreement with the state, putting at risk tens of millions of dollars in state money. Continue Reading