Tipping Point New Mexico

218 Author Amity Shlaes - The Great Society, Coolidge and More

Jul 31, 2020

Amity Shlaes is the author of several compelling books that counter the traditional narrative handed down by historians. Her "The Forgotten Man" showed how FDR's New Deal policies actually prolonged the Great Depression. Her book "Coolidge" gave Calvin Coolidge the status update placing him among the great American...

217 COVID-19, Schools, Restaurants, Mask Shaming, Oil and Gas, Single-Payer Health Care

Jul 28, 2020

On this week's discussion podcast, Paul and Wally start out by providing a quick update on the back and forth in the Courts regarding dining at restaurants. The Environment Department releases data seemingly showing that restaurants ARE a primary source of COVID 19 spread, but further analysis of the data indicates...

216 - Lisa Conyers - Welfare for the Rich

Jul 23, 2020

On this week's interview, Paul talks to Lisa Conyers. Lisa was a speaker at a Rio Grande Foundation event a few years back on the Human Cost of Welfare.

Now, she has a new book "Welfare for the Rich" in which she details the numerous ways in which our tax dollars are redistributed by Federal and state governments, but...

215 Restaurant Ruling at Supreme Court and Schools "Opening"

Jul 21, 2020

On this week's discussion podcast, Paul and Wally begin by discussing the fact that a judge in New Mexico issued an order to reopen indoor dining at restaurants for 10 days. That opinion was published immediately prior to the podcast being recorded. Unfortunately, the State Supreme Court reversed the decision later that...

214 Katharine Stevens - Improving Outcomes for New Mexico Children

Jul 16, 2020

Katharine Stevens is an expert in early childhood and education policy at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank based in Washington, DC. She has followed the policy discussion in New Mexico for several years and has examined both the Legislative Finance Committee's new report on early childhood and read