Ortiz Mountain Ranch purchase is a great long-term investment
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Purchasing Ortiz Mountain Ranch, a magnificent property, is a great investment in New Mexico that will produce immediate and long-term payoffs. Continue Reading
New Mexicans are struggling to pay for housing
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A report being released this week shows that across the state, New Mexicans are struggling to pay for housing. Many people might think our state cannot afford to invest in affordable housing right now. But we can, and we should. Continue Reading
Economic Development Department needs a major overhaul
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The New Mexico Economic Development Department is a dysfunctional family owing to excessive politicization and needs a major overhaul. That will not happen until influential people acknowledge that fact and initiate the process. Continue Reading
Holding big corporations accountable
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Powerful corporations get enough breaks. I believe New Mexico families need a governor on their side – and that’s why today I proposed an agenda to hold these big corporations accountable. Continue Reading
Investing in infrastructure is not busy work
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Far from merely digging ditches only to be filled in again, a public works program dedicated to updating our infrastructure can put people back to work doing things that need doing and kick-start the economy. Continue Reading
It’s time to get serious about eliminating fraud
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At a time when the United States is in a recession and individuals, business and governmental agencies alike are feeling the economic crunch, there is a pool of additional money available right at our fingertips. No; it is not to be found in the form of higher taxes, but rather in the elimination of fraud. Continue Reading
Rebuilding our economy around the middle class
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Stimulus spending will spur economic growth in the short-term. Restructuring the tax code and optimizing government will resolve our long-term deficit issues. Whether by bailing out overextended banks, propping up bad businesses, or spending blood and treasure at war, most of us have been asked to sacrifice. It would be unseemly in the face of so much shared suffering for the wealthiest among us to refuse to shoulder their share of the burden. Continue Reading
What to cut in public education when the stimulus money runs out
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One fact faces the new governor, as well as state senators and representatives: The flow of funds from the federal government’s economic recovery stimulus program will cease. Even with those funds, the state had to cut the public education budget this year; without them, the state will have to cut it next year. Continue Reading
Telling the truth about budgets
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Susana Martinez continues to consistently claim that state government has grown by 50 percent (sometimes she says 54 percent) during the last 7.5 years. Her allegation about state government is simply not true, and it’s not even close. Continue Reading
It’s time for fiscal sanity in New Mexico
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The next governor of New Mexico will immediately be tasked with balancing a budget deficit in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Here is how I would achieve fiscal responsibility in New Mexico. Continue Reading
Debt threatens America’s future, Domenici says
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Reducing the federal government’s massive debt is the most important issue of the day and should be approached like fighting a war, former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici said Wednesday. Continue Reading
New Mexico needs to get serious about trade
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With nothing to show for it, Governor Bill Richardson has just returned from another so-called “trade mission” to Cuba to meet with the communist regime’s dictators. Meanwhile, New Mexico lags behind other states in exports. Clearly, our state needs to get serious about trade. Continue Reading
Would you rather party in Las Vegas or in Albuquerque?
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Mayor Berry is considering a $400 million expansion of the Convention Center to become “more competitive with other cities.” I asked a digital guru from Silicon Valley what the future of tradeshows is as an infrastructure investment for cities and here’s what he had to say. Continue Reading
We know how to fix this problem…
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At this year’s Las Cruces Greater Chamber of Commerce economic forum, NMSU economists Jim Peach, Chris Erickson and Ken Martin presented quite a few thought-provoking findings, predictions, and recommendations. Continue Reading
Do Martinez or Denish have the political will of Chris Christie?
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When Susana Martinez and Diane Denish spar in the upcoming debates, when they talk about reform, when they talk about ways to close the budget deficit of the state, ask yourself which candidate has the guts to put aside what she thinks is palatable politically and follow through and deliver on her campaign promises like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is trying his very best to do. Continue Reading