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Paul Gessing is the President of the Rio Grande Foundation. His primary goal is to increase liberty and prosperity for the people of New Mexico by educating citizens about the importance of individual freedom, limited government, and economic opportunity. Through his thoughtful and well-researched public policy evaluations and solutions, he aims to inform those who are eager to collaborate and advance the state in a positive direction. In this interview, we discuss economic development, education, the Albuquerque mayoral election, attracting doctors back to New Mexico, tax relief, and other relevant issues. Detailed information about the topics discussed in the interview are available at the links below: https://errorsofenchantment.com

  1. Some business and political leaders recently visited Arizona to learn about the strategies used by local businesses to grow and thrive. I could have saved them the trip: https://errorsofenchantment.com/rgf-opinion-piece-arizona-policy-runs-circles-around-nm/
  2. We recently had a speaker (Matt Mitchell) discuss economic freedom in NM: https://errorsofenchantment.com/matthew-mitchells-presentation-conversation-on-economic-freedom-in-new-mexico/
  3. Mayoral race is set in ABQ: https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_a6f5a27d-e7d3-4ea0-b0f2-87a2b96431c5.html
  4. Evergreen headline in New Mexico: https://x.com/pgessing/status/1938320499521499490
  5. Hot on the heels of this report: NM health outcomes continue to fail despite massive spending: https://errorsofenchantment.com/new-mexico-health-outcomes-fail-to-improve-despite-massive-spending-increases/
  6. New Mexico is looking to add subsidies for illegal immigrants to taxpayer-subsidized ObamaCare policies:
  7. https://errorsofenchantment.com/new-mexico-looking-to-add-subsidies-for-illegal-immigrants-to-obamacare-policies/
  8. What to think of Zohran Mamdani (and his importance to New Mexico): https://errorsofenchantment.com/what-to-think-of-zohran-mamdani-socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidate/
  9. State Investment Council sends $2 billion out of state https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_0ead8206-0b3d-4c16-9c9f-02f9918688ee.html

U-Turn for Christ is a Christian rehabilitation center that focuses on assisting individuals battling addiction to achieve healing and sustainable recovery through faith-based approaches. Mike and Evangelyn from U-Turn for Christ are here to discuss their ministry and share insights about their new coffee shop, which offers job training opportunities for their members.

Christian Drug & Alcohol Rehab – U Turn For Christ – Court Approved

Part of the Inreach and Outreach of Calvary Church in Albuquerque is to provide Bible teaching in Spanish and English on a variety of social media and streaming platforms. Miguel Ruiloba (Ree-low-va) is the Online Community Coordinator for Calvary Church. Moses Botello (Bo-tay-o) is the Director of the Calvary Church Spanish Ministry. Together, these men and their teams are helping create new resources for people to connect with Jesus through multilingual worship and Bible teaching. For more information, follow the links below:

Facebook Join us for live streams of Wednesday’s Expound worship and Bible studies, as well as our Saturday night and Sunday worship services..

Teachings – Calvary Church.  This section is organized by Books of the Bible, Topics, Speakers, Series, and Keywords.

https://calvarynm.church/espanol/: Access Calvary Church’s worship and Bible teaching in Spanish, which includes live services and an archive of teachings by Pastor Skip Heitzig and other guest teachers. Navigate to **https://calvarynm.church/** and click on the “Español” tab for more resources.

 

After a few weeks of lightly touching on the topic of Debt vs. Deficits, Brian Cochran, President of John Moore Associates joins us and dives deeper into those key words and tells us “why” they matter in politics and the economy, the long term risks, what it means for the average American and the biblical stance we should take.

Lana Silk is the CEO of Transform Iran, a faith-based nonprofit organization meeting the spiritual and physical needs of Iranians. She joins us to talk about the recent airstrikes heard around the world in Iran and Israel. We learn more about the Iranian regime and what we can do right here at home to help. 

Chris Katulka is with “Friends of Israel” – a volunteer organization made up of 10 young adults who courageously arrived in Israel the night air raids began to strike. Chris takes us through not only that night, but similar nights that they have experienced – all in the spirit of ministry,