Heinrich: Wilson’s pretend indignity over spending is outrageous
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on Monday, September 5, 2011
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From NMPolitics.net - by U.S. Congressman Martin Heinrich - Senate candidate Heather Wilson left more than a few important facts out of her recent attack in the Albuquerque Journal. Most importantly she failed to mention her 11-year track record in Congress. Perhaps most outrageous is Wilson’s pretend indignity over government spending. During her time in office, former Congresswoman Heather Wilson was all for taking out loans to fight two wars and pay for an unfunded prescription drug program. At the same time, she voted for tax breaks for the richest Americans and a taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailout. Read more
Parker: Rubio's Courageous Speech
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Parker: Rubio's Courageous Speech
Doan: Executive Order 13495
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Townhall - President Obama and his team of economic advisors are continuing their crusade against entrepreneurs and small companies that are the traditional engine to economic growth. The latest anti-business Obama policies appear in a just-released Executive Order 13495, a new rule to be enforced by the Department of Labor. This particular regulation is aimed directly at small business owners and attacks small businesses' most valuable asset--their employees. Executive Order 13495, which will be both complicated and costly to enforce, represents just another example of Team Obama’s complete lack of understanding of the concerns of small business owners. After 15 years as a small business owner, and as the former Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration, I've been to the circus a few times and seen all the strings connected the federal government and its indifference to the plight of small business owners. For small businesses, Executive Order 13495 is perhaps the most damaging action yet to come out of the Obama Administration. First, in our country, a business has the freedom to hire the workers it thinks are best suited to ensure the company's success. The new Team Obama contracting rule tramples over that basic, capitalist principle by requiring any company which wins a federal contract to hire the employees that the government identifies. This means that the government has new and expanded powers to direct the hiring, firing and promotion of employees at private companies. Read full column here: News New Mexico
Doan: Executive Order 13495
With No Layoffs Clause - Post Office Broke Again
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NY Times - The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and may have to shut down entirely this winter unless Congress takes emergency action to stabilize its finances. Labor represents 80 percent of the agency's expenses. “Our situation is extremely serious,” the postmaster general, Patrick R. Donahoe, said in an interview.
“If Congress doesn’t act, we will default.” In recent weeks, Mr. Donahoe has been pushing a series of painful cost-cutting measures to erase the agency’s deficit, which will reach $9.2 billion this fiscal year. They include eliminating Saturday mail delivery, closing up to 3,700 postal locations and laying off 120,000 workers — nearly one-fifth of the agency’s work force — despite a no-layoffs clause in the unions’ contracts. Read full story here: News New Mexico
With No Layoffs Clause - Post Office Broke Again
Waters: After Tea Party Goes Straight to Hell, Enact a Trillion Dollar Government Jobs Program
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Waters: After Tea Party Goes Straight to Hell, Enact a Trillion Dollar Government Jobs Program
Government Causes Housing Crash Then Sues Everyone Else
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Former Fannie Mae CEO - Franklin Raines |
Fannie and Freddie have notoriously backed loans with questionable characteristics. So-called NJNA (no job no assets) loans and loans where the borrower was likely borrowing more than they could afford. This created the easy credit climate where banks, under pressure from regulators and community groups like ACORN, were pressed to make sub-prime loans. Now, the government is coming after them. Read full column here: News New Mexico
Government Causes Housing Crash Then Sues Everyone Else
Why Santa Fe Loves Big Government
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Santa Fe New Mexican - With the 2011 summer tourist season nearing an end, Santa Fe's economy is about to get a post-Labor Day lift. Local hotels, restaurants and other businesses expect extra revenue from New Mexico's 112 lawmakers and various helpers converging on the Capitol for a special session of the Legislature that convenes Tuesday. So far, $50,000 a day is budgeted for the session, during which lawmakers primarily will take on the once-a-decade job of redistricting but also will grapple with other topics. It's unclear how long the session might last, but one key lawmaker said he thought it could take a month. Already, said Dana Ortega, director of sales and marketing at the Inn and Spa at Loretto, "we are having a better September than last year." She noted that the uptick is mostly related to more visitors from out of state. Read full story here: News New Mexico
Why Santa Fe Loves Big Government
KOB I.D.'s State Police Officer Caught on Camera
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KOB - TV - The New Mexico State Police officer caught on camera having sex with a woman on the hood of a car has been fired. That image has now gone viral all over the world and State Police said it is embarrassing. Sources identify former State Police Officer Bert Lopez as the man in the photo. "He is no longer employed with the department," said New Mexico State Police Sergeant Tim Johnson. Johnson would not confirm Lopez as being in the scandalous photo.
Through reliable sources, KOB Eyewitness News 4 identified Lopez as the officer in the photos when the story first broke, but decided not to reveal his name until official disciplinary action was taken. While the incident has been portrayed as humorous by many in the entertainment world, it is a slap in the face to New Mexico State Police. "I think it's unfair to paint us all with the same brush...a lot of us go out and make sound decisions every single day," Johnson said. Johnson also said it boils down to one officer's actions. Read full story here: News New Mexico
KOB I.D.'s State Police Officer Caught on Camera
California Shows the Way....to Record Unemployment
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Bloomberg - The percentage of working-age Californians with jobs has fallen to a record low, and employment may not return to pre-recession levels until the second half of the decade, according to a research group. Just 55.4 percent of working-age Californians, defined as those 16 or older, had a job in July, down from 56.2 percent a year earlier and the lowest level since 1976, the Sacramento- based California Budget Project said in a report released late yesterday. California’s 12 percent unemployment rate in July, the nation’s second-highest after Nevada, compared with 9.1 percent nationwide. The most-populous state lost 1.4 million jobs during the recession that began three years ago, and has gained back only 226,800, or about 17 percent, according to the report. Read full story here: News New Mexico
California Shows the Way....to Record Unemployment