I really liked state Sen. David Gallegos’ opinion piece in last week’s paper, titled: If Someone Wanted to Hold New Mexico Back. It went straight to the point on why we are at the bottom of most lists, from education to economic opportunity. There is one category where we lead – welfare dependency. Sen. Gallegos rightly placed the blame on progressive Democrats, who are all about power and not the people. They promote government dependency for those who struggle economically and over-regulate those who achieve.
Despite the success of the anti-predatory lending law in keeping credit accessible to low-income New Mexicans at dramatically lower interest rates, threats to the law are looming.
When I was a kid I used to spend time with my dad and my abuelo in Plaza Blanca, N.M., a change of pace from the dryland farming that occurred in my hometown of Cebolla, N.M. My dad would take me down to the acquaintance at dawn.
There’s a knock at the door. Your heart races and beads of sweat start to run down your temple. The phone rings and you feel a sense of dread because you know who is calling.
New Mexico has always been a state that builds. From the energy resources that power our nation to the infrastructure that connects our communities across vast distances, our economic strength depends on our ability to get projects done. Manufacturing alone supports tens of thousands of jobs and contributes billions to the state’s economy each year. Yet too many of these projects are stalled—not because of a lack of investment, but because of America’s broken permitting system.
The Northern Río Grande National Heritage Area would like to publicly thank Representative Joseph Sanchez for his continued leadership and support of cultural programs that strengthen our communities and drive economic development across Northern New Mexico.
I recently came across a concept called The Curley effect. It has nothing to do with Larry and Moe. After some research I learned that The Curley effect, coined by economists Edward L. Glaeser and Andrei Shleifer, is a real concept in political economy. It describes how politicians use wasteful redistributive policies and divisive rhetoric to drive opposing voters out of a city (or in our case a state), thus securing their electoral base.
