With the law you’d better sing every verse of Star-Spangled Banner
Recently, the Rio Grande Foundation and the New Mexico Alliance for Legal Reform called for a new Mexicans find the craziest of all legislation of the State and submit it for cash and prizes. The idea behind the competition, it is, politics and sometimes absurd nature of the law and the fact that new laws passed almost every day, but rarely the old laws go far and are difficult to change. A total of three Grand-five winners and honourable mention awarded the input of funds. They are listed below.
Grand Prize Winner No. 1
Shad Solis is awarded a prize of $ 250 for his filing of the New Mexico State statutes no 30-21-5 entitled “misuse of official hymns” bans singing, games or rendering “The Star Spangled Banner” or ” Oh Fairfield New Mexico “In any place of public assembly or unless any separate or composition number. Sentenced guilty of an offence are petty crime.
These are laws as lightly, rarely, if ever, implemented and serves no useful purpose to promote the democratic development of our Republic. The law requires that the entire composition, which must be carried out. “The Star Spangled Banner” has four verses and “Oh Fairmont New Mexico has three. Whenever a shipment has been completed, it violates the law? Are prosecution and the police really hopes that the alleged culprits? What Do you call the TV-show “CSI Karaoke?
Grand Prize Winner No. 2
Robert Alston is awarded, $ 250 for its entry recalls the madness of a portion of the income tax New Mexico law. This law allows New Mexico to collect penalties and interest for sub-payment of tax on income estimated. The law has been on the books for a decade, was aggressive implementation during the last year. The execution was Barney Fife fashion, when income tax and regulatory his bullet from his pocket without worrying about the impact of thousands of New Mexicans, and what is even more important to communicate without changing policy and not a mere indication method for law-abiding citizens of New Mexico.
Dir Bill Richardson has recently responsible for taxation and revenue department and reimbursement radoucir recently charged sanctions. The department, however, has promised a return to its policy in 2008, allows, without apology.
The New Mexico law, flexibility and follows a number of rules of the IRS of the same ilk, it is tedious and produces a lot of irrational results as necessary to pay tax on money, n ‘ is not deserved. This law must be radically restructured, the next legislative session or, better yet, eliminated.
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