New Mexico Legislature on Verge of Creating More Open Government?

Believe it or not, the New Mexico Legislature is on the verge of passing some very important — and positive legislation. First, there is SB 159 which has been introduced by Sen. Sander Rue. This bill which would create an online, search able database of government spending, recently passed the Senate 38-0. Hopefully the House [...]

Getting the word out about New Mexico’s Bloated Government

As this article discusses, we at the Rio Grande Foundation are working hard to get the word out about wasteful government spending across New Mexico. If your group needs a speaker, please send us an email at: info@riograndefoundation.org.

Crisis, What Crisis?

New Mexico may be facing a major budget crisis, but pet projects die hard. In December, the Rio Grande Foundation published our 2008 Piglet Book which discussed dozens of ways in which New Mexico policymakers might trim spending when facing a $600 million deficit.
Some of the projects mentioned in the Piglet Book have been debated. [...]

Reduce Bloated Bureaucracies to Solve New Mexico’s Budget Deficit

New Mexico’s Legislature and local governments are busy attempting to close budget deficits. While the Rio Grande Foundation has already proposed several spending programs that could be eliminated including those outlined in our 2008 Piglet Book.
Fortunately, there is more than enough spending statewide to reduce deficits. This fact is made crystal clear in a [...]

Bloggers React to RGF Pork Report (and Gessing appears on Eye on New Mexico)

In case this is your first time to our blog, the Rio Grande Foundation recently released its 2008 Piglet Book on wasteful government spending. Read more about it here. As you might imagine, there was a good deal of discussion on various New Mexico blogs relating to the report.
Mario Burgos did a nice write up [...]

New Mexico Budget Prey to Wasteful Spending

If you follow the Foundation at all, you probably have heard about our 2008 Piglet Book. Our op-ed on the topic of “pork” and wasteful spending has been making the rounds throughout the state. Check that out here.

Rio Grande Foundation releases 2008 Pork Report

In case you missed it on each of the major New Mexico news outlets, the Rio Grande Foundation released its 2008 Piglet Book along with the Washington, DC-based Citizens Against Government Waste. Detailed in the report is hundreds of millions of dollars of wasteful and unnecessary spending. Download the report here.
In case you did miss [...]

Can we at least make the bailout transparent?

Advocates of limited government have been distressed to see one bailout after the other pass through Congress only to have little positive impact on our economy. While it looks likely that the automakers will get their bailout, taxpayer advocates led by the National Taxpayers Union are calling for federal policymakers including the Treasury Department and [...]

Privatize the Sunport?

It is no secret that cities all over the country including our own Albuquerque are facing mounting budgetary problems. Chicago just received $2.5 billion in exchange for leasing the airport to a private company. Once debt is paid off, Chicago is expected to receive $1 billion from the privatization.
Albuquerque’s Sunport is owned by the City [...]

What is happening to the federal debt?

Some of the figures below are truly shocking. According to the Institute for Truth in Accounting:
Since May 30, 2008, less than six months ago, the United States has added a stunning $1.2 trillion dollars to its already bloated public debt. Total debt now stands at $10.6 trillion while that portion held by the public [...]

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