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The “no new taxes” phrase is thrown about all the time. But if New Mexico actually acts on this worn-out platitude, it will make coming up with a realistic budget next year very difficult, if not impossible. Continue Reading
If you like very old wine in new bottles – a repackaging of ideas from 20-30 years ago – you will love the 75-page report on the administration’s National Export Initiative prepared by the President’s Export Promotion Cabinet. Continue Reading
We cannot go back to the failed policies of the past that took the economy down with them. This election is not about blame, but, instead, it’s about preventing recession and making sure that families can always pursue the American dream. Continue Reading
During the fiscal year that ended September 30, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development New Mexico office provided $384 million in infrastructure and business investments across New Mexico. Continue Reading
If you listen to the GOP and their leader, Susana Martinez, you’d think that not only is the budget bigger than under Gary, but that we have 5,000 more state employees than we had before the current administration. Nope. In fact, the opposite is true. Continue Reading
Our nation facing a fiscal crisis, and it is time to fundamentally change the way Washington spends our money. Unless we change direction, the public debt will bankrupt our nation, limit your freedom and change your future. Continue Reading
While I am concerned about the challenges we face in the next few months, I remain optimistic. New Mexico has a long and proud history of confronting and overcoming adversities. Continue Reading
It may just my warped perception – a fever dream perhaps – but I see prices going up, up, up on everything in New Mexico. Continue Reading
A lower tax burden is better for economic growth than a high one, but state-level comparisons illustrate this point better and explain why states, not the federal government, should drive most policies. Continue Reading
This is not the time to cut or end funding for legal services to poor New Mexicans. All New Mexicans need more help, not less, and they all deserve access to the courts. Continue Reading
Although we must keep the branches of government separate, we must work closely together to address our economic deficit. I offer the following specifics as a new administration prepares to take office and as a new legislative session begins. Continue Reading
I propose providing an alternative “second-chance” qualifying path to the current lottery scholarship, with the goal of raising the educational levels of more New Mexicans in order to better compete in the global economy. Continue Reading
Governor Richardson has been in the news a lot in recent weeks on a variety of issues that I have found to be both entertaining and disturbing. I only hope that the next governor, no matter who she is, is as Senator John Arthur Smith recently stated, “more concerned about child care than the wildlife.” Continue Reading
The irresponsible votes for unsustainable spending could have been prevented by better representation. Our representatives needed to ask us what we wanted, not what Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama wanted. They should all be sent home this November. Continue Reading
We need to make the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent, freeze non-defense, non-veterans affairs discretionary spending at 2008 levels, and agree to a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. Continue Reading