Editor, Conservatives have got some nerve to blame the recent drops in Wall Street to President Obama's proposed tax hikes on the wealthy. These tax increases are very modest, raising the highest income tax rate from 35 to 39 percent, raising the taxes on dividends and capital gains from to 15 to 20 percent, and lowering the top deduction rates from 35 to 28 percent.
Editor, In the March 4 Albuquerque Journal, "UNM Saved for a Rainy Day; It Rained," President of the UNM Board of Regents Jamie Koch said that three years ago, the University's "centralized reserves had grown dangerously low" and "revenue reversions," i.e.
Editor, The recent revelation printed in Saturday's Albuquerque Journal that UNM Vice President of Athletics Paul Krebs asked Rocky Long to resign raises serious questions that deserve answers. It is beyond comprehension how Krebs could commit the University to a new contract just three months prior to asking for Long's resignation.
Dear Dr. Peg, My roommate thought she got a spider bite when she went home last weekend. It got big and sore, so she went to Student Health and they told her it was an MRSA infection. She said they cut it open and gave her antibiotics. Is this contagious? Do I need to be on antibiotics too? Dear MRSA-mate, I remember your roommate, or someone like her.
Editor, I'd like to thank Dixon Duval for his comic piece in Monday's Daily Lobo. I couldn't help but laugh at his characterization of President Barack Obama as some sort of economic villain bent on destroying prosperity and turning America into a socialist dystopia.
Editor, Dixon Duval's guest column in Monday's Daily Lobo contains a couple of misleading statements. First is his intimation that we can now shift the blame for our wallowing economy from President Bush to President Obama. While he slips in a statement that the "disappearance of wealth cannot be blamed only on the previous administration," suggesting shared blame, the remainder of his statements lay the fault solely on Obama.
Editor, Where to begin? Let's just say that the sum total of your ignorance, Dixon Duval, is almost impressive. "This is happening on Obama's watch." Exactly how long does Duval think that the failed policies of what he is supporting take to play out and then correct? "To deprive or prevent executives of their.
Editor, I find Dixon Duval's column Monday to be majorly flawed. Yes, poor executives, how dare we say they can make only so much money. They won't want to work hard anymore. As if they really work hard. They bankrupt the company or bank and catch a golden parachute plus multi-million-dollar bonuses just for screwing up.
I heard a description of President Barack Obama on National Public Radio the other day: the great wealth destroyer. I thought how appropriate and true it was, at least for individuals like me who have pumped money into mutual fund retirement instruments for years and now have no retirement.
Editor, If the regents intend to continue to allow the current emphasis on the growth and increase in prosperity of the highest levels of administration at the expense of all other members of the University community, they should mount an advertising campaign to reflect the current state of things to the community.
I would like to clarify several things about the resolution requesting an audit passed at UNM's faculty meeting last week. The resolution passed because the faculty remains concerned about the apparent diversion of funds from supporting our core missions of creating, distributing and applying knowledge via research, teaching and public service.
Editor, I write as a grad student and a certified public accountant about the likely rejection of last week's faculty motion for an "audit." I refer to Maggie Ybarra's article in Wednesday's Daily Lobo. The faculty request for an "audit" used the wrong term.
In these times of economic stress and in a world where higher education is becoming increasingly important, it is imperative that we make getting an advanced degree within reach of everyone willing and able to put themselves through the rigors to earn a degree.
Editor, As a student who recently returned from a year abroad, I can attest to the true value of both the International Studies program and the office that oversees it. I read with great disappointment Donald Duran's article about the proposed legislative budget cuts that might spell the end of a wonderful department at UNM at a time when it is most necessary.
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