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David cooperative faces Goliath medical industry
Some good, smart, sensible people have organized a health insurance cooperative called New Mexico He ...
Bad Times for Plutocrats
Shareholders of Citigroup and Barclays are rebelling against big pay packages the companies’ boards of directors want to award executives.
Block Grants
George W. Bush and Congressman Paul Ryan both proposed ending the existing Medicaid funding formula and going to a block-grant approach. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that... Read more »
Once Again, Oil Speculation
When you’ve covered business and the economy as long as I have, things start having a familiar ring. President Obama in a speech he gave today scolded oil speculators for... Read more »
Happy Tax Day
The silly season known as an election year spawns a host of lies, distortions and propaganda around a host of issues. Taxation is one of them. In honor of tax... Read more »
Bad Management
The New Orleans Saints are facing major sanctions for their bounty program. The program involved paying players cash bonuses if they could injure targeted opposing players sufficiently to put them... Read more »
Labs’ budget cuts could spur fresh developments
I have been known to say, though not even half seriously and always in private conversation, that th ...
Investment income fuels tax rate debate
Debbie Bosanek had one of the best seats in the House at President Barack Obama's State of the ...
Beware of Bogus Advocacy
I’ve received a list of companies that supposedly have not paid New Mexico corporate income taxes. The list is designed to provoke people into contacting the governor to urge her... Read more »
N.M. business tax code selects winners, losers
My personal opinion is that New Mexico would be better off eliminating corporate income taxes rather ...
Pay for (Lack of) Performance
Obermatt AG is a Swiss firm that specializes in evaluating the performance of companies, company operations, boards of directors and managers. Its products are proprietary, but The Economist reported on... Read more »
Corporate Income Taxes Are Dumb
Sen. Peter Wirth, a Santa Fe Democrat, has tried for some time to enact a unitary corporate income tax. This year’s version is Senate Bill 9. The bill cleared the... Read more »
