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  • State should accept federal cuts

    Paul Gessing Guest columnist

    Generally, the Rio Grande Foundation focuses primarily on state and local policy issues. Nonetheless, given New Mexico's status as one of, if not the, most reliant states on federal spending within its borders, the perilous condition of the federal budget must be of concern to all New Mexicans. Particularly in this political season, the tendency is for the media and politicians to ignore what then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, called, "The biggest threat we have to our national security is our... Full story

  • Their view: State disproportionately impacted by federal cuts

    Paul Gessing Guest columnist

    Paul Gessing, president of New Mexico's Rio Grande Foundation, a research and educational organization dedicated to promoting prosperity for New Mexico, writes about the perilous condition of the federal budget. Generally, the Rio Grande Foundation focuses primarily on state and local policy issues. Nonetheless, given New Mexico's status as one of, if not the, most reliant states on federal spending within its borders, the perilous condition of the federal budget must be of concern to all New Mexicans. Particularly in this...