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Specific Ideas for Cutting the Federal Budget
With the dust now settled from the 2010 election, the time for balancing the budget and cutting spending is now. Thankfully, there are a lot of smart people out there with some good ideas — even those that can be agreed upon by the left and right — that can go a long way toward [...]
Obama is Right on India
President Obama is traveling through India and the far east and while we at the Rio Grande Foundation have had many differences with the President and his economic policies, Obama rightly noted that India’s economic development helps rather than hurts America’s economy and creates rather than destroys jobs. The broader point here is that free [...]
Talking to KSVP Radio about the election
I talked to Mike Jaxson of KSVP Radio in Artesia about the 2010 election, Susana Martinez’s victory, Steve Pearce’s return to Congress, and the Environmental Improvement Board’s carbon cap power grab.
Take a listen here.
In: Uncategorized
Kudos to Mayor Berry for Fiscal Restraint
Mayor Berry has wisely announced that Albuquerque cannot afford to waste taxpayer money on an expanded convention center complex. While the Mayor left the prospect of this project open for the future, he did take a firm stand against those like Councilor Ken Sanchez who see no problem with raising taxes in a down economy [...]
Jon Stewart (almost) calls for liberty
I admit it: I am a fan of late-night comedian/political host Jon Stewart and his Daily Show. So, it was with great interest that I followed his “Rally to Restore Sanity” last weekend in Washington, DC.
While Stewart is definitely to the left of center, he has an anti-establishment streak that I enjoy. He gave an [...]
Environmental Improvement Board: Martinez’s first big decision?
Last night’s election results certainly represented a shift towards conservatism and the GOP here in New Mexico and nationally. With the election of Susana Martinez as the nation’s first Hispanic female Governor, fiscal restraint and limited government will hopefully be the dominant paradigm for the next four years.
While it was not as prominently reported — [...]
Spaceport Runway Named After Richardson
Amongst all of the election coverage I totally missed reports like this one which states that the recently completed runway at the taxpayer-financed “Spaceport America” in southern New Mexico was named after Governor Richardson.
Personally, I find the practice of naming public buildings and other taxpayer-funded things like the spaceport runway after sitting public officials [...]
High Speed Pork
Robert Samuelson has a great piece in today’s Washington Post on President Obama’s misguided efforts to create a national high-speed rail network.
Samuelson notes, quite rightly, that high speed rail will be tremendously costly, will not reduce traffic congestion, and will serve a tiny, preferred minority group of passengers. Randal O’Toole said many of the [...]
University Branches: Competition and Quality?
How does a government monopoly compete against itself? Good question. Perhaps the author of a recent Albuquerque Journal column, Natalie Medina Coggins, has some idea because she asserts that this is the case throughout her article explaining why New Mexico’s higher education system is not only efficient, but could grow.
The assertions made in the [...]
Celebrating Scarantino’s Retirement and his Work
Jim announced a while back that he was retiring. With all of the work he’s done for the Foundation in keeping an eye on the politicians and the ruling class here in New Mexico (and nationwide), we decided to have a going away party and honor him with a Lights of Liberty award.
Here is [...]
