Michelle Lujan Grisham Quotes
I don't see the minimum wage as a fight between capital and labor, between persistent small businesses and diligent employees. I think offering New Mexicans a pathway out of poverty helps all of us, no matter which side of the check you sign.
Lujan Grisham, Michelle. "2019 State of the State Address." State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM, 15 Jan. 2019.
Many are surprised that the first Mexican revolutionary leaders were Catholic Priests, because the Catholic Church was always on the side of Spain and against Mexican revolutionary efforts. The church and the state were totally intertwined at the time, so the Church officials supported the government officials and vica verca. However, there were priests who saw the injustice and corruption of the colonial Spanish government, and not only sided with the revolutionists but became revolutionary leaders. These were opposed and usually excommunicated by the Church establishment authorities.
The “War on Poverty” had an intellectual precursor.
The "Great Depression" began the following year.
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At the time of this quotation, the nation had gone through more than 3 decades of enormous increase in prosperity for the wealthy, and modest gains for the highly skilled, technically trained workers. However, correcting for inflation, average salaries did not increase at all. The middle class was particularly hard hit. Only 20 percent of the population benefitted from the growth at all; however, the 1 percent had rarely prospered more. Kenworthy’s principle did not apply for this period of American history.
Michelle Lynn Lujan Grisham is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 32nd governor of New Mexico since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Lujan Grisham previously served as the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2013 to 2019. On November 6, 2018, she became the first Democratic woman elected governor of New Mexico, as well as the first Democratic Hispanic woman elected state governor in U.S. history.
