New Mexico receives praise/comparisons from overt socialists Mamdani and Bernie Sanders

In his recent inaugural address newly-elected New York City Mayor told the people of New York, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Based on his own statements and the people he’s bringing into office Mamdani is going to push hard to bring his far left socialist agenda to fruition in The Big Apple.

Writing in National Review prior to the November election I made numerous parallels between Mamdani’s radical approach and the existing radical policies being enacted in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Needless to say, my article was a warning to New Yorkers that went unheeded.  Perhaps unsurprisingly, other news outlets like (NM Indepth) have made more favorable comparisons between Mamdani’s socialism and the socialism of New Mexico.

And then there’s avowed socialist US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). According to Daniel Chacon writing in the Santa Fe New Mexican, Sanders “took to social media to laud the state and, by extension, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, over her push to provide taxpayer-funded child care to every family in New Mexico, regardless of income.”

Does Sanders know that New Mexico AREADY provides “free” child care for those making less than 400% of the federal poverty level? Does he know that real world studies show that universal free child care actually harms children? Does he care that the program is funded heavily by oil and gas revenues?

No, he doesn’t care. Socialists like Mamdani, Sanders, and (sadly) many New Mexico politicians don’t care about outcomes. They care about political power and the fact that the more people that depend on government, the more they will support and vote for harmful collectivist policies.