Rio Grande Foundation

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We are building a New Mexico where liberty, opportunity, and prosperity flourish.

The mission of the Rio Grande Foundation is to increase liberty and prosperity for all of New Mexico by informing citizens of the importance of individual freedom, limited government, and economic opportunity.

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Tipping Point New Mexico

Tipping Point New Mexico is the official podcast of the Rio Grande Foundation that addresses public policy issues facing New Mexico, hosted by Paul Gessing, President of the Rio Grande Foundation, and Wally Drangmeister.

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Rio Grande Foundation: The Constitution
The Constitution
Rio Grande Foundation: The Economy
The Economy
Rio Grande Foundation: Education
Education
Rio Grande Foundation: Energy and Environment
Energy and Environment
Rio Grande Foundation: Healthcare
Healthcare
Rio Grande Foundation: Legislature
the Legislature

Errors of Enchantment

Errors of Enchantment is the official blog of the Rio Grande Foundation that addresses public policy issues facing New Mexico.

  • RGF in the news on “hoodie-gate”
    by Paul Gessing
    The debate and discussion over those yellow sweatshirts emblazoned with the message I ♥ Tim Keller has caused a media frenzy in Albuquerque as the runoff election comes to a conclusion on December 9, 2025. As we have reported RGF simply reported on the situation without revealing our sources and for that we have been […]
  • OPINION: New Mexico’s economic freedom is now dead last
    by Paul Gessing
    The following appeared in the Albuquerque Journal  on December 7, 2025. In a study published earlier this year, we highlighted the fact that New Mexico was the only state in the U.S. to have lost economic freedom since 1981. We now know that it is worse than we thought. People are more economically free when […]
  • Keller campaign files desperation ethics complaint over RGF reporting in “sweatshirt-gate”
    by Paul Gessing
    All of Albuquerque is talking about the yellow hoodies emblazoned with the simple message I ♥ Tim Keller. Now, the Keller campaign has filed an ethics complaint against RGF president Paul Gessing for simply reporting on the news and sharing photos and his thoughts on the yellow sweatshirts on this website.  While the Keller campaign […]
  • LFC report appears to back Trump Administration on rooting out SNAP fraud/errors
    by Paul Gessing
    The Legislative Finance Committee recently issued a report with the extremely dull name of “Stacking of Income Supports.” These are well done reports highlighting New Mexico’s over-dependency on welfare programs and the lack of positive outcomes associated with the explosion of spending on programs like Medicaid and SNAP (food stamps). Both of these programs are […]

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