New Mexico politicians “grapple” with oil and gas windfall

It was hard to decide whether to laugh or cray when I saw this Associated Press article. To summarize, New Mexico’s “leadership” (Democrats) are having a hard time with the fact that New Mexico is the #2 producer of oil and gas in the country and that this is a difficult fact for them to come to grips with.

Of course, the REAL story isn’t (or at least shouldn’t be) Democrats’ “discomfort” with New Mexico’s dependence on oil and gas. The story SHOULD be: How is New Mexico so poor and dependent on Medicaid when the State is sitting on $70 billion and oil and gas money keeps rolling in?  

Sadly, the media never hold New Mexico Democrats responsible for their myriad policy failures. Sadly, the “plans” put forth by gubernatorial candidates Deb Haaland and Sam Bregman are weak tea indeed. Their various tax credits rebates will do nothing to move the needle and the same is true for “free” childcare schemes like the one implemented by MLG.

Republican candidates for Gov. include much more aggressive plans and ideas that are apt to actually improve New Mexico’s abysmal outcomes (like eliminating NM’s personal income tax).