I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson weighed in on the health care debate that is currently going on in the Senate, saying the “system is broken” but it needs to be fixed in a way that won’t increase the deficit. The statement came on the Web site for Johnson’s Our America Initiative.
“There seems to be enormous pressure to resolve this matter quickly regardless of the ramifications. The proposed health care plan could have long lasting detrimental consequences to our economic health,” Johnson stated. “We don’t need more of a deficit –we need less of one. I urge the Senate to take the time needed to seriously review these potential concerns and not rush to pass this faulty plan.”
A Congressional Budget Office report said a Senate health care bill would reduce the deficit by $130 million over ten years. However, the scoring of that bill came from a much different version of health care reform.
The most recent version of the bill does not include a public option.
Some Libertarians and libertarian Republicans have been pushing for Johnson to run for President in 2012. Johnson served as governor of New Mexico for two terms immediately preceding current governor Bill Richardson.
