Democrats are the best in the world at making terrible things sound great and positive things sound… devastating. Unfortunately for them, we as New Mexicans think for ourselves and use our own judgment to determine what’s best for our families. Despite what they tell us, New Mexicans know how damaging the decades of un-checked Democrat rule have been to our state. We also witness daily the negative impacts of the radical progressive agenda that has run our state into the ground with the worst education outcomes, worst public safety, and highest rates of reliance on government assistance programs in our country.
Once again, prominent Democrat leaders are misleading New Mexicans and insulting our intelligence.
This time, they are deceptively targeting House Resolution 1 (H.R. 1) a.k.a ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ as being “devastating.” Even more unhinged rhetoric about H.R. 1 came from Governor Lujan Grisham when she claimed the passage of this legislation would lead to people and children dying. This ridiculous political messaging begs the question: “What’s so devastating or potentially lethal in this bill?”
Apparently, Rep. Stansbury, Governor Lujan Grisham, and the rest of the progressives think the following reforms included in H.R. 1 are catastrophic:
- No tax on tips received by service industry workers (ie. servers, hairdressers, drivers)
- No tax on overtime pay earned by hard-working employees
- Tax breaks for Senior Citizens
- $1,000 savings accounts for ALL children born between 2024-2028
- Making Child Tax Credits permanent
- Elimination of proven waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars
- Increased funding for Border Security
- Increased funding for National Security
I don’t know about you, but this doesn’t sound ‘devastating,’ and it certainly doesn’t sound lethal to people and/or children. It sounds like real economic reform that empowers hard-working American families… something progressive Democrats promise to us during election campaigns but never deliver. To our Democrat leaders: Be responsible and report the facts. Fear-mongering New Mexicans insults our intelligence and causes division.
Jim Townsend is the Senator for New Mexico Senate District 34.
