Las Cruces Tea Party 3rd Annual Tax Day Event Friday, April 15, 2011 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Young Park. Live Music provided by local favorite, Fast Lane. Guest speakers include: Lt. Gov. John Sanchez, US Senate Candidate Greg Sowards and Reverand Mike Skidmore.
From KOB-TV.com - On Wednesday, a northeast Albuquerque man called KOB Eyewitness News 4 because he wanted some answers about why police busted down his door, handcuffed him, and ransacked a room. He says police did not have a warrant and they did not arrest anybody. Both Ramirez and his roommates have no idea what police were doing at their house. Tyler Ramirez does not have the money to fix the front door of his home near Eubank and Comanche. He says around 4 a.m. Wednesday five officers busted through the front door, ran into the house, and threw everybody into handcuffs. “The officer kicked me from behind and then threw my arm around and proceeded to handcuff me,” Ramirez tells. He says the officers said they had received a report of someone who had been shot in the house. Nobody was charged with anything, and the officers left. “When the police are in your house, you’re supposed to feel safe and secure knowing that they’re here,” he says. “I felt threatened, and scared.” read more
From washingtonexaminer.com - President Obama on Wednesday declared himself "honest about what's causing our deficit" and ready to face "tough choices." Yet he insisted on "protecting" his administration's "investments in the future." While "spending in the tax code" might sound odd, it actually exists. For instance, the "Investment Tax Credit" for renewable energy is available to corporations even if they owe no taxes, and is often paid in the form of a check from the U.S. Treasury to those companies that are doing what Obama wants them to do. The Earned Income Tax Credit is the poor-man's version of this -- a welfare payment from the Internal Revenue Service. But Obama wasn't talking about eliminating these "tax expenditures." When he spoke of lowering "spending in the tax code," it was in the context of his desire to raise rates for upper-income Americans. Under Bill Clinton, the top tax rate was 39.6 percent, but today it's 35 percent. That extra 4.6 percent of income that a successful American gets to keep -- to Obama that counts as "spending" by the government. More News New Mexico
From stamfordadvocate.com -The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against Gov. Susana Martinez in a dispute with labor unions over the Public Employee Labor Relations Board. The court said the governor does not have authority to remove members from board and ordered the immediate reinstatement of two members who were removed by the governor in March. More News New Mexico
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| Working on the Deficit at the White House |
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| Walter Williams |
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| Joe Biden |
In late January, RealClearPolitics' Sean Trende identified 2012's most vulnerable Democrats as Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Jon Tester of Montana, Missouri's Claire McCaskill, Florida's Bill Nelson, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Virgina's James Webb (who has since announced he will not seek re-election). In North Dakota, Republicans have their sights on the seat now held by Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad, who after 24 years will not seek re-election. Read more here: News New Mexico
From realclearpolitics.com - Gov. Susana Martinez has until April 8 to sign or veto bills passed during the final stretch of the session. BUDGET-FINANCES(equals) Passed: $5.4 billion budget for education and general government programs in fiscal year starting July 1; higher pension contributions for public employees and drop in government payments to save $111 million next year; freeze payments from a fire equipment fund, freeing $1.3 million for budget. Failed: $240 million worth of capital improvements statewide, including nearly $18 million for prison upgrades; use permanent fund as a source of bonds to help plug budget shortfall. TAXES(equals) Passed: $128 million increase on businesses to shore up unemployment compensation program; limit film production tax rebates to $50 million a year; tax deduction on locomotive fuel as incentive for Union Pacific rail yard project in Santa Teresa. Failed: Revalue residential property to cope with property tax "lightning;" extend tax break for construction at Cannon Air Force Base; exempt military pensions from state income tax; surtax on higher-income New Mexicans. More News New Mexico
From businessweek.com - New Mexico legislation signed by Gov. Susana Martinez clears the way for government entities to invest in their own renewable energy systems, rather than pay utilities to purchase renewable energy for them. The law creates a new development incentive by exempting certain entities from renewable energy procurement charges on their utility bills if they have their own generation systems, whether it's solar panels or a biogas plant. In return, the entities will spend 2.5 percent of their annual electricity charges to develop or reinvest in their own systems. They must also give up any renewable energy certificates, or RECs, related to the systems. More News New Mexico
From americanthinker.com - Pete Hoekstra, the former ranking member on the Intelligence Committee and Congressman Mike McCaul (R-TX), Chairman of the Homeland Security Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, believe that Mexico and the United States must do more to curtail the violence and secure the border. Hoekstra would like to see a fence built with the latest technology possible and then to have "layers upon layers of security behind the fence." McCaul told American Thinker that he was informed that the technology piece would not be fully implemented until 2024. McCaul also introduced legislation that would designate the six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The proposal would enable prosecutors to levy up to 15 additional years of prison time on each conviction for providing "material support or resources" to the six cartels, and a federal death sentence if deaths resulted from the cartels' actions. This is not without precedent since President Clinton designated the Columbian group, FARC, as a terrorist organization. More News New Mexico
From gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com -In the latest effort to accommodate its cherished trade partner in the south, the U.S. government is paying to upgrade outdated Mexican trucks that hemorrhage illegal amounts of exhaust on their trips north to deliver merchandise. The Mexican trucks enter the U.S. under a 17-year-old international trade pact known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and they’ve created an air pollution crisis. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is running the operation but the money is actually coming from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and how much is that costing? Each truck costs U.S. taxpayers about $1,600. More News New Mexico
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The fight over the bill was a media bonanza, with Senate Democrats storming out and holing up in Illinois, angry mobs occupying the capitol in Madison, a government school teacher walkout, and multiple threats for retribution against GOP lawmakers. After the law passed, the unions turned their attention to the April 5 Supreme Court election, throwing "judicial independence" to the winds. They reasoned, correctly, that flipping Justice Prosser's seat to the liberal Ms. Kloppenburg could create a 4-3 liberal majority that could undo what Mr. Walker and the GOP legislature had wrought. The unions pulled out all stops, holding rallies and pouring big bucks into TV and radio ads. 
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| T. Boone Pickens |
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| Dick Durbin |
At the moment, Americans who shop over the Internet from out-of-state vendors aren't always required to pay sales taxes at the time of purchase. Californians buying books from Amazon.com or cameras from Manhattan's B&H Photo, for example, won't pay the sales taxes at checkout time that they would if shopping at a local mall--which is what Durbin means by giving online retailers an "unfair advantage." On the other hand, there are some 7,500 different taxing jurisdictions in the United States, each with a set of very precise rules describing what can and can't be taxed and at what rate. That makes it challenging terrain for retailers to navigate. Read full story: News New Mexico
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