Tipping Point NM episode 462: NM’s Budget Surplus, Education Spending/Lower Standards, Net Zero in New Mexico?, “Free” Bus Rides in ABQ, Fauci Retires

The Legislature will have a positively mind-blowing $3.6 billion budget surplus. What is that by comparison?

The PED has also made its budgetary request which, while not a huge increase, highlights the ineffectiveness of boosting spending with no reforms. After producing terrible results in the latest NAEP test the PED and Legislature are considering “dumbing down” education standards:

Among the bills to be considered in the Legislature this year is “net zero.” Energy expert Alex Epstein has thoughts.

Pulling back on ABQ’s “free” buses won’t be easy. 

As Fauci retires and Twitter owner Elon Musk stokes debate over Fauci’s record it is worth noting what he got wrong during his “leadership” of US health policy in the COVID pandemic.