State of New Mexico secondary Archives: on Corporations

Gary Johnson: Scrap Dodd-Frank and CFPB consumer protections

Martin Heinrich (D): No. Called for its continued funding & independence.

Gary Johnson (L): Yes. Scrap Dodd-Frank, the legislation that authorized the CFPB.

Mick Rich (R): Yes. Congratulated Trump for Dodd-Frank rollback.

Martin Heinrich: Fund Dodd-Frank and CFPB consumer protections

Martin Heinrich (D): No. Called for its continued funding & independence.

Gary Johnson (L): Yes. Scrap Dodd-Frank, the legislation that authorized the CFPB.

Mick Rich (R): Yes. Congratulated Trump for Dodd-Frank rollback.

Mick Rich: Roll back Dodd-Frank and CFPB consumer protections

Martin Heinrich (D): No. Called for its continued funding & independence.

Gary Johnson (L): Yes. Scrap Dodd-Frank, the legislation that authorized the CFPB.

Mick Rich (R): Yes. Congratulated Trump for Dodd-Frank rollback.

Steve Pearce: Trump tax cuts are a shot in the arm to manufacturers

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. They resemble failed past policies that "reward the wealthiest people & special interests, while adding as much as $1.5 trillion to our national debt."

Steve Pearce (R): Yes. Will "give a shot in the arm to all manufacturers, & small businesses will be able to become a little more stable."

Joe Cervantes: Celebrate small business to create job opportunities

New Mexico's unemployment rate stands at 6 percent, the second highest in the U.S. behind Alaska. Cervantes said creating tax cuts for large corporations, like those in the recently passed federal tax bill, isn't the way to grow the state's economy. "The way we create the economy is by recognizing what's best about New Mexico: Our proximity to the border, our relationship to other states and frankly our abundant natural resources. These are all the things that are resources we have here in New Mexico that we need to take better advantage of," Cervantes said.

Joe Cervantes: Corporate tax cuts failed to create jobs

Mick Rich: Less government oversight but more federal funding

Susana Martinez: Expand "angel investor" tax credit: help fund new companies

One proposal expands a tax credit provided to "angel investors" who help finance new companies. The governor wants to provide up to $2 million a year in credits, up from a current $750,000 cap, and increase the individual investments that qualify for a tax break.

Martinez also proposes to revamp existing credits for small technology companies, potentially costing the state $2 million a year. One change would allow firms to collect a refund for some spending on research and development if their tax credits exceed their tax liability.

Susana Martinez: Exempt small business from gross receipts tax

That's why I am proposing that we exempt roughly half of New Mexico's small businesses--those earning less than $50,000 per year--from the gross receipts tax. That's roughly 40,000 of our small businesses--the little ones, the start-ups. This is a bottom-up approach.

Dennis Kucinich: Iraq: no more Halliburton sweetheart deals

[To exit Iraq, we need to], get the United Nations together in an agreement that provides for the following:
• First, that the UN will handle the collection and distribution of all oil revenues for the people of Iraq without privatization.
• Second, that the UN will handle all contracts. No more Halliburton sweetheart deals.
• And third, that the United Nations will proceed to work with the people of Iraq to construct a government that the people of Iraq can call their own.