Oil and Gas Run New Mexico Economy Say Officials
Public officials and industry sources discuss the oil and gas sector's long history in New Mexico. They cite 68,838 direct indirect and induced jobs and a $70,666 average salary, with 9 percent of state GDP tied to oil and gas, plus production flows from rock to permanent fund to general fund.
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Land Grant Permanent Fund
Permanent Fund
New Mexico Tax Research Institute
Nmtri.org
David Martin
Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
Legislative Finance Committee
Farmington
Tion
Albuquerque
Starbucks
T. Greg Merrion
Merrion Oil and Gas
LFC
Merrion
San Juan
Mancos
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New Mexico
Harriers Put The states legalizing marijuana face rollout hurdles
Editorial notes Colorado and Washington voters approved legalization in 2012 with stores opening in 2013. Taxation licensing and zoning delays push prices above street levels and risk sustaining the black market. Officials warn regulation may invite organized crime and raise public safety concerns. Reprinted from the Orange County Register.
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Harriers
Colorado
Washington
Seattle
Douglass Hiatt
U.S. News & World Report
Orange County Register
Lessons from Australia's failed carbon tax repeal
The Australian Senate voted 39 to 32 to abolish the carbon tax after Tony Abbott’s landslide election pledge. Critics call it a failed policy that raised costs, with global scrutiny noting weak revenue and limited effectiveness, while other nations and the U.S. eye similar moves.
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Australia
Tony Abbott
Australian Senate
European Union
Labour
Julia Gillard
Gillard
The
Wall Street Journal
WSJ
International Energy Agency
Brookings Institute
Ms Gillard
the Telegraph
New Zealand
Japan
Canada
England
Europe
South Korea
Telegraph
U.S
George W. Bush
Treasury
Hank Paulson
New York
Michael Bloomberg
Tom Steyer
World Bank
Obama
Congress
Jennifer Marohasy
Queensland
Senate
Abbott
America
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