The crunch is getting tighter. We’ve heard about state governments giving IOU’s on their debts or just failing to write state employees checks, and it…
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A special session of the New Mexico legislature will be called to address an expected budget shortfall. Governor Richardson had this to say: Richardson blamed…
0 CommentsGoing into last year’s legislative session all anyone could talk about was the budget shortfall. The spending party that has been the cornerstone of the…
0 CommentsThey say hindsight is 20/20, and as it turns out, every once in awhile foresight is also 20/20. Want an example? Well, four years ago…
0 CommentsHow many more pay-to-play scandals can one state take? That’s got to be the question on everyone’s mind. Just when we thought the dust was…
0 CommentsA slowing of the deepening recession is not the same as coming out of the recession. It’s important to remember that simple fact. I’m kind…
0 CommentsHow’s this for short term memory? The dust has barely settled from the state government losses of taxpayer money into Eclipse Aviation: In its November…
0 CommentsWe’ve already accumulated $1.5 trillion in taxpayer debt, now here comes the trillion dollar healthcare proposals: A leading health care bill under consideration in Congress…
0 CommentsAs the federal government “invests” trillions of our children’s taxes (that is after all what federal debt is) in order to improve the economy, I…
0 CommentsYesterday the House passed a bill that dumps another $4 billion into the auto industry. When is enough, enough? The move by the House would…
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