Parting Shots on the Rail Runner

I appeared on Channel 7 News last night on the 10pm broadcast to discuss reasons why voters should oppose the 1/8th cent tax hike to fund a portion of the Rail Runner’s operation costs and some new bus service. An article on the tax hike is available here. Not sure when/if video will be posted [...]

Raising taxes in a bad economy

Still wondering what to think of the myriad ballot measures on the ballot this Election Day? Check out this article which discusses the measure and the concept of raising taxes in the current economic downturn. The article appeared in both the New Mexico Free Press and the Roswell Daily Record.

Before You Vote on the Rail Runner Tax Hike…

Check out the video from Sunday’s episode of Eye on New Mexico in which I debate the merits of raising the Gross Receipts Tax in Bernalillo, Sandoval, and Valencia Counties to fund the Rail Runner and some other transit projects.
Speaking of the Rail Runner and other tax hikes on the ballot this fall, why is [...]

RGF op-ed argues that Otero County Residents Should Oppose Spaceport Tax

Otero County residents are voting on whether or not to increase the County gross receipts tax rate in order to build the spaceport hundreds of miles away near Truth or Consequences. I argued recently in the Alamogordo Daily News that voters should be wary about voting for higher taxes due to the unique nature of [...]

Discussing the Rail Runner Tax Hike

In case you missed it, a few weeks ago I appeared on Bob Clark’s show on KKOB 770 to discuss the Rail Runner tax hike. A link to the show can be found here.

How Should I Vote Part II

A few weeks ago I posted information on some of the ballot measures that will appear on New Mexicans’ ballots this fall. Not all of the information was available at the time, but at last, the Secretary of State’s office has put sample ballots online. Ballots statewide are available here and are listed by county. [...]

The Case for Tax Cuts

Micha Gisser is a former UNM professor and currently serves as a Senior Fellow with the Rio Grande Foundation. He had a very interesting article (subscription required) on taxes in the Business Journal section of the newspaper recently. Gisser essentially went through the tax cutting successes and failures of the last three Presidents to have [...]

How Should I Vote?

No, I’m not going to tell you who to vote for. Candidates are human beings, likely to shift positions with little notice and once entrenched, it is darn near impossible to get rid of them. Besides, we could run into trouble with the IRS.
That said, there are plenty of ballot issues on the November ballot [...]

Carlsbad Voters Choose Higher Taxes

It never ceases to amaze me when voters choose to tax themselves more. This is particularly true when the economy is on the rocks. I’d recently written about just such a tax hike issue on the ballot in Carlsbad where voters chose just yesterday to levy a half-cent hike in the gross receipts tax.
Although voters [...]

Santa Fe’s Rising Gross Receipts Tax

Sorry to ignore the blog for a few days. I was at the annual State Policy Network conference in Scottsdale with hundreds of other think tank leaders. We exchanged ideas and generally worked to help each other create a more effective free market movement nationwide.
My posting for today is simply this very telling chart which [...]

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