Southwest Public Policy Institute
After my recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, “The Case Against 30-Year Mortgages,” readers had plenty to say. Some were critical, most were kind, and many brilliantly insightful. Below is a selection of responses, shared anonymously for privacy, that reveal how deeply Americans feel about the strange alchemy of homeownership, debt, and the illusion […]
A state-run public bank is a dangerous experiment in government overreach that will burden taxpayers, distort credit markets, and fail where private financial institutions succeed.
New Mexico must embrace comprehensive school choice reform, exemplified in Senator Craig Brandt’s Education Freedom Bill, to empower parents, improve educational outcomes, and make our state competitive.
A public bank is a forced gamble with taxpayer dollars that ignores market realities, mandates risky lending, and risks compounding the damage caused by the artificial credit crisis created by New Mexico’s interest rate cap.
Trait Thompson, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, is now a member of the Route 66 Centennial Commission. Nominated by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the bureaucrat joins representatives from Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and his home state whom The Swamp has tasked to “study and recommend in a report […]
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