HOW WILL PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FEDERAL HIRING FREEZE AFFECT NEW MEXICO? UNM ECONOMIST JEFF MITCHELL TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE IMPACT WILL BE MINIMAL. MITCHELL TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB MOST OF THE FEDERAL MONEY NEW MEXICO GETS COMES THROUGH PROCUREMENTS AND GRANTS AT SANDIA AND LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABS. AND MILITARY BASES WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.
MITCHELL SAYS FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT ONLY ACCOUNTS ABOUT ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THE JOBS IN NEW MEXICO…AND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THOSE JOBS HAVE BEEN DECLINING ANYWAY.
