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A marijuana tax is now funding $750 no-strings-attached monthly payments to families in New Mexico
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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I wonder how long before New Mexico Republicans draft a bill making use of tax money for UBI illegal.
Lmfao, 15 states already banned Ranked-Choice Voting ๐
Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choice_voting_(RCV)#Where_is_RCV_used
I was so mad when they passed that amendment in my state. They used crumby wording to get people to vote for it. I'm still disappointed that this wording got approved to go on the ballot:
TLDR: They said the amendment required proof of citizenship to vote, but that was already federally required. They then tacked on RCV to get it banned by amendment. >:(
Jesus Christ.
NM has its fascists firmly restrained.
One of the few states where anyone right wing gets laughed out of the room.
Move to NM; got it. Thanks. ๐
Like it says in the article this isn't a universal basic income as it is only given to 80 families
This would be a great thing to do with victimless crime tax monies.
Luckily new mexico is quite blue.