[CedarDave]

Holy Crap!! What fiscal responsibility??

This year the NM legislative session is limited to 30 days and starts January 21. Lujan Grisham's budget is considered a blueprint for discussion, but as the legislature is entirely controlled by tax and spend Democrats, the budget will likely be increased even more with further spending on pork projects by individual members. Absolutely no talk of rebates to tax payers though some money will be put in "rainy day" funds. And, BTW, many of these same folks are trying to put restrictions on the oil and gas industry production to reduce fossil fuel use in the name of preventing global warming and climate change.

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[CedarDave]

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[mewzilla]

Has anyone informed this flaming lunatic that states can’t print money?!

[headstamp 2]

Welcome to Democrat Rule.

1) Middle Class destruction
2) The Wealthy
3) The Poor
4) Out of Control Spending

[headstamp 2]

[[New Mexico’s recent spending growth comes after several cash-lean years and is being fueled in large part by record-breaking oil production in the state’s southeast corner.]]

Which the leftist idiots are trying to obliterate.

[CPT Clay]

Goodies for Everybody.

[Seruzawa]

The more money the schools have, the worse they get.

[Maudeen]

Just stop and think of these people with a reprobate mindset that are in charge and so quick to spend the taxpayers’ hard earned money.

[lastchance]

From what I understand part of this is the state scrambling to meet the legal ruling about school spending. How this became a matter for a judge and not the legislature is alarming. This is not an isolated trend.

[VTenigma]

Hey I’ve got an idea. They should put a moratorium on oil exploration. That would really help the fiscal situation. And while they’re at it they should give sanctuary to as many illegals as possible, because the don’t cost the state anything to feed, clothe, house, and educate.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Its fine. When she gets the “rich” to pay their “fair share” of taxes, all the extra spending will be covered.

[DesertRhino]

“New Mexico’s recent spending growth comes after several cash-lean years and is being fueled in large part by record-breaking oil production in the state’s southeast corner.”

While they work feverishly to stop fracking and drilling.

[Mastador1]

Why should teachers, or any other guberment employee get any more than the 1.6% increase social security recipients got? After all if the said the COLA only increased by 1.6% what’s their justification? And if the COLA increased by more than 1.6%(no shit!) why were senior reemed again?

[Lean-Right]

“to hire 60 additional State Police officers,”

No doubt hired to help fortify enforcement of her newly
enacted gun laws.