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The Santorum Tax
I don’t claim to know much about the nitty-gritty of politics, but it seems clear that the Republican Establishment wants Mitt Romney to run against Barack Obama in November and... Read more »
An Occupy Agenda
In this morning’s Up Front column I say that the Occupy movement needs to give up its fancy that it is somehow the moral successor to Martin Luther King Jr.... Read more »
Updating Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young produced a national study last year that said New Mexico had the highest tax burden of any state and the District of Columbia. Gov. Susana Martinez used... Read more »
It’s Starting to Make Sense
I had never quite understood how Virgin Galactic plans to make money flying rich guys into space from the booming metropolis of Upham, New Mexico, conveniently located east of Truth... Read more »
Skin in the Game
What to make of four-quarter economic growth numbers? Third-quarter gross domestic product growth was 1.8 percent. Growth was up to 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter. Bloomberg says “the positive... Read more »
The Revolution Is Here
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee with its latest announcement has launched one of the most significant changes in monetary policy direction since its massive intervention in markets following the... Read more »
Job Growth Continues
The latest Workforce Solutions Department report says that New Mexico has added jobs for seven straight months, as of December. University of New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research... Read more »
We’re No. 38! Does It Matter?
The Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C., tax policy study group, has released its annual assessment of state business climates. As usual, New Mexico ranks in the lower half of all... Read more »
An Onerous Tax Code
This morning’s Journal business page features the New Mexico Tax Research Institute‘s thoughts about the competitiveness of the state’s business tax code. The TRI is an invaluable, non-partisan, non-profit, super-geeky think... Read more »
Why Mitt’s Tax Rate Is So Low
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released his tax returns. His effective federal tax rate turned out to be 13.9 percent. The average member of what Occupy Wall Street calls... Read more »
Film Credits, Again
Some state legislators want to remove caps imposed last year on the financial help New Mexico taxpayers provide to the film industry. They argue, as the Journal’s Dan Boyd reported,... Read more »
