Poverty & Welfare
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Policy Brief
Ready for Action: SPPI Kicks Off the 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session
SPPI kicks off the 2025 New Mexico legislative session, partnering with key lawmakers to advance a bold agenda for freedom, opportunity, and prosperity.
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Op-Ed
It’s Time to Disrupt the System and Introduce Real School Reform in New Mexico
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.
Originally published inAlbuquerque Journal
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Policy Brief
An Oil and Gas Permanent Fund Dividend for New Mexico: Returning Prosperity to the People
How can we ensure these revenues benefit all New Mexicans while fostering economic sustainability?
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Policy Brief
House Bill 11: New Mexico’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Act Spells Disaster for Small Businesses
The Paid Family and Medical Leave Act threatens to impose crushing financial burdens on small businesses and restaurants, risking closures, job losses, and economic instability across New Mexico.
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Policy Brief
Banking on Failure: House Bill 130’s Public Bank Will Deepen New Mexico’s Credit Crisis
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.
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Policy Brief
The CFPB’s Desperate Eleventh-Hour Overreach
Rohit Chopra is lashing out with desperate, partisan overreach in his final days, prioritizing political agendas over consumer protection while creating regulatory chaos and undermining the legitimacy of his tenure and that of the CFPB.
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Press Release
SPPI Prepares for the 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session
SPPI is poised to actively engage at the state capitol, advocating for pro-freedom policies and opposing detrimental initiatives.
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Policy Brief
Albuquerque Public Schools: Spending More, Achieving Less
Albuquerque Public Schools exemplifies how soaring budgets and per-student spending fail to address declining enrollment, dismal academic performance, and systemic inefficiencies.
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Op-Ed
President-elect Trump should declare a ceasefire in the war on credit
Thought exercise: What would your life look like without access to credit? No credit cards, no buying a house or vehicle without cash on hand and no access to something as simple as overdraft protection tied…
Originally published inAmerican Banker