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Tipping Point New Mexico

Mar 28, 2019

Paul sat down with Mark Mathis of the Clear Energy Alliance. Mathis is a former resident of New Mexico and news reporter. We discuss the role of the media and their biases. Since his days on the evening news Mathis has been working in the energy area, specifically on educating Americans on the importance of energy to...


Mar 26, 2019

The Rio Grande Foundation strongly supports the idea that able bodied adults without children should be in the workforce and not on welfare. To that end the Foundation recently submitted comments to the federal government in support of the Trump Administration's new rules which would limit SNAP (food stamp) benefits...


Mar 21, 2019

On this week's episode Paul interviews Paige McKenzie who worked for the Rio Grande Foundation tracking and rating bills for the Foundation's Freedom Index during the 2019 session. Paul and Paige discuss in some detail the way the Freedom Index is compiled and what the information means. Paige spent the entire session...


Mar 19, 2019

Paul and Wally discuss the end of the 2019 legislative session. What happened and what does it mean for New Mexico, especially the Four Corners and rural New Mexico which were directly attacked by a Legislature that focused on urban issues in New Mexico's biggest cities.


Mar 14, 2019

Paul interviews Dean Stansel, a professor at Southern Methodist University. Stansel is the author of the Fraser Institute's "Index of Economic Freedom of North America" which ranks US states (and Canadian provinces and Mexican states) on economic freedom. In this episode, however, Paul talks to Dean about his...