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Chuck Wellborn
Just a few observations and pithy comments, from someone who’s been
around a long time, and thinks that means he has something useful to say
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- All
- Catholic Church
- Early Childhood Education
- Economic Development
- Education
- Indian Gaming
- Innovation-based Economic Development
- New Mexico
- New Mexico Taxes
- New Mexico's Economy
- Politics
- Pope Francis
- Presidential Politics
- Spirituality
- State Taxes
- Technology
- The Law
- Trump
- University of New Mexico
- Vatican II
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS IN BIG TROUBLE
Part 3. The Role of the Church. Not surprisingly, with all this fiddling as Rome burns (in a manner of speaking), the influence of the Catholic Church among the faithful is diminishing. So the efforts of conservatives...
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS IN BIG TROUBLE
Part 2. Two competing visions. There are, to a greater or lesser extent, two competing visions of the Catholic Church. The vision of Vatican II, a vision of significant change such as the proposition that the People...
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS IN BIG TROUBLE
Part 1. Top down governance from Rome has brought significant declines in Catholic Church membership, both worldwide and here at home. It has lost its way after shunning its rebirth by Vatican II. Is there hope? Yes,...
The Decline and Unnecessary Fall of New Mexico
There are recent Journal stories about the vibrancy of the economy in Colorado and the obvious contrast to New Mexico. I have spent a fair amount of time in the Denver area in last couple of years...
Who Benefits From the Food Tax Exemption
Brian McDonald and Chuck Wellborn A pending bill in the Legislature (HB 412) seeks to bring badly-needed reform to the state’s gross receipts tax (GRT) by removing ill-considered deductions and exemptions, thereby expanding the GRT tax base...
Kellyanne
A mouthpiece who talks to the max Quite like the guy that she backs She’s not any nicer Than her colleague Sean Spicer But she’s better at alternate facts
The Enemy of My Enemy
We’ve all heard the 2400 year-old doctrine “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”. It was used extensively during the Cold War. But I’m not sure the President-Elect got this quite right in the case of...
Hands Off My Medicare
We enjoyed that often-quoted Tea Party line from eight years ago: “Keep the government’s hands off my Medicare.” Sorry, dude. Looks like the government is putting its hands on your Medicare after all—at least if Republicans in...
New Mexico Taxes and Economic Development
Brian McDonald, Lee Reynis, Jim Peach, Chuck Wellborn THE GROSS RECEIPTS TAX The State’s tax system has a major structural problem and it relates to the gross receipts tax. New Mexico enacted an Emergency School Tax in...
Careful What You Ask For
In the “Careful What You Ask For” category, consider the timeworn political strategy of Republicans and their radio and television affiliates scaring the pants off the public. It’s no wonder the Republicans are pulling out all the...
