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Article: Taxpayer Watchdogs Release 2008 New Mexico Piglet.
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- December 10, 2008
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New Mexico Fast Becoming The Land of Taxpayer Disenchantment
WASHINGTON -- Today in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Rio Grande Foundation and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released the 2008 New Mexico Piglet Book, focusing on government waste, fraud, and abuse in the New Mexico state budget.
New Mexico state spending rose from $3.9 billion to $6.0 billion between 2003 and 2008, an increase of approximately 54 percent. Pork-barrel spending itself amounted to $341 million in FY 2008 and accounts for 5.6 percent of New Mexico's $6 billion General Fund budget. Though state spending between 1995 and 2003 was relatively steady, it exploded under ...