Rio Grande Foundation

10/09/2026

RGF opposed the tariffs from day one both on process (not having Congress vote on them) and the fact that they are taxes. According to the NY Fed, prices would've gone down in their absence:
https://errorsofenchantment.com/prices-wouldve-dropped-absent-tariffs-new-york-federal-reserve-bank/

10/09/2026

Tonight on the House of Strauss Eric Strauss & Paul Gessing discuss Deb Haaland's "plan" to attract health care workers. Then joins us post- 4 "debate" for which Deb was a no-show. Check it out!

Testy exchanges and Paul Gessing & Gregg Hull on News Radio KKOB

10/08/2026

The Republican Party of Bernalillo County has put forth what they are calling an "affordability agenda for New Mexico." I sit down w/ Janice Arnold Jones & Robert Aragon to discuss it and why the County Party put this plan together. Check out the conversation here:

On this week's interview episode Paul sits down with former Reps. J...

10/08/2026

When your arguments against eliminating New Mexico's personal income tax are SO good you mistake anti-tax activist Grover Norquist for the 22nd and 24th President of the USA Grover Cleveland on the pages of The Santa Fe New Mexican:

The poverty mentality is strong in New Mexico. Even a cursory look at the State’s budget data points to the fact that the State is awash in money thanks to the ongoing oil and gas boom. But, when a Santa Fe New Mexican writer attempted to argue that New Mexico “can’t afford” to eliminate the...

10/07/2026

Deb Haaland outlines her “plan” for keeping/bringing health care professionals to New Mexico. #1 on the agenda is touting the outdoors. Spoiler: NONE of her "plan" will bring medical professionals to NM. Check it out: https://errorsofenchantment.com/deb-haaland-outlines-her-plan-for-keeping-bringing-health-care-professionals-to-new-mexico/

10/06/2026

The ultimate irony of 2026's election is the very same Democrat-controlled NM Legislature that wants a massive pay raise (despite poor performance) refuses to give US (New Mexicans) a pay raise in the form of tax cuts.

It is the height of irony that two of the biggest “issues” on the ballot so clearly reflect a fundamental problem in New Mexico politics. I highlighted that problem in a National Review piece called “Rich State, Poor People.” The issue is that New Mexico as a state is sitting on untold sums ...

10/06/2026

On this week's Tipping Point conversation we discuss NM's "free" childcare won't be "free" for long, the latest on a new federal school choice program, ABQ electric buses mothballed, and the cost of Ozempic for the poor.

On this week's conversation Paul and Wally Recap of the gala:MLG'...

10/06/2026

Check out Gregg Hull's common-sense plan to eliminate NM's Personal Income Tax.

New Mexico is far to the left politically when it comes to economics. For most of New Mexico’s history our state has relied on a combination of federal dollars and oil and gas. Even at a time when oil and gas are booming at unprecedented levels and the State is awash in money, it is […]

10/02/2026

For your weekend listening RGF sat down w/ Jonathan Williams of American Legislative Exchange Council for a conversation about his org's Rich States, Poor States report & NM's problems/potential. Then we turn our attention to the federal budget situation & solutions:

This week’s interview is with Jonathan Williams, President and Chie...