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Libertarians take note! It’s the quality of government that counts, not the size. You are confusing size with something else.

NM Rates B- in Pew Report

Alamogordo Daily News
By The Associated Press

Article Launched: 03/03/2008 12:49:56 PM MST

WASHINGTON New Mexico gets a B- in a new report that rates the effectiveness of all 50 of the nation’s state governments.

The Pew Center on the States report noted that at the moment, ”New Mexico has a fiscal advantage of most other states in the oil and gas money that flows into its coffers.” But it also said the state’s infrastructure has greater needs than most. (more…)

Immigration is real in southern New Mexico. Living only 90 miles from the Mexican border, there is nothing academic about it: they are here. Traditionally, people come and go between Old and New Mexico. There are ties between Mexican Mexicans and Mexican Americans going back for centuries and to them the border is no barrier. What’s more, Mexicans were here before we “Anglos” even thought about gettin’ here, but that’s beside the point. Mexican citizens come here to enjoy the cool of the mountains in the summer time. They visit our Space Museum and our zoo. Some come to visit relatives and others come to work on the ranches and farms. Others work construction jobs such as brick laying, roofing, and cement finishing. This is not only because they work for less, but also because there is a shortage of skilled workers here since the demise of trade schools and public schools’ insistance on academic preparation

Yet illegal immigration is a problem and we have to deal with it. (more…)