Paul Gessing
Paul Gessing is the president of the Rio Grande Foundation, a public policy organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prior to joining the Foundation, he headed up the lobbying efforts of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) a respected taxpayer-advocacy organization in Washington, DC. At NTU, Paul's portfolio included lobbying before Congress and in the states. He has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, US News & World Reports, and several other major publications. In them he makes the case for Constitutional protections for taxpayers, the economic benefits of tax cuts, and the need for spending restraint. Paul has also testified in Congress and before a variety of state and local bodies in support of taxpayer interests.
Paul graduated from Bowling Green State University in Ohio with a degree in Political Science in 1997 and he received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Maryland in 2005.
Thursday, July 19, 2007SCHIP of FoolsFiled As: Health CareYesterday, David Hogberg and I wrote on the American Spectator website about some of the health care proposals being cooked up by the Democrats in Congress. Today, we discuss ... more »»
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007Democrat Congress and Rising Health CostsFiled As: Health CareDavid Hogberg and I had a story posted on American Spectator today that outlined a few of the Democrats' plans for health care and discussed the very real possibility that passage of ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007One out of three New Mexicans "served" by Human Services DepartmentFiled As: Health CareIn most places in America, government welfare is viewed as a bad thing or at least something that should not be a way of life...well not in New Mexico! In fact, right at the top of the home page of our Human Services Department is the statement ... more »»
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Sunday, June 24, 2007I watched Sicko so you don't have toFiled As: Health CareWithout a doubt, the biggest health care story of the next few weeks will be left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore's movie Sicko, in which Moore lashes out against a variety of problems with the US health care system and makes the case for socialized health care. Albuquerque hosted a "sneak ... more »»
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007Beware of Health Care Cure AllFiled As: Health CareIt is widely expected that some kind of major health care reform will be a top priority in New Mexico's 2008 legislative session. Among the proposals up for consideration ... more »»
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Thursday, May 31, 2007Dog vs. Human Health CareFiled As: Health CareMy six-month old Siberian Husky, Jack (click here for picture), recently had some health problems. Namely, he swallowed a hackeysack, one of those little bean-filled balls that kids kick around. After two trips to the vet and several tests, ... more »»
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Friday, May 25, 2007Could Single-Payer Really be Less Expensive than Current Health Care System?Filed As: Health CareThere has been a great deal of talk recently about health care reform in New Mexico, in part, because Governor Richardson is likely to dub the 2008 legislative session "the year of health care" and use the session to push for some kind of major health care reform.The major proposals ... more »»
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Friday, May 4, 2007More Mental HealthCongress considers mandate for parity Filed As: Health CareWith everything else going on in Congress right now, "mental health parity" is not on many peoples' radar, but the Rio Grande Foundation and National Center for Public Policy Research are teaming up ... more »»
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Monday, April 16, 2007Rio Grande Foundation and National Center for Public Policy Research take on Mental Health ParityFiled As: Health CareWith so much attention focused on bringing health care costs down, it is troubling that a conservative senator would team up with Ted Kennedy (D-MA) to help pass legislation that would drive up the costs of health care, but ... more »»
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Thursday, April 12, 2007New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson Vetoes HPV BillFiled As: Health CareIn what could only qualify as a "flip flop" albeit a good one from our perspective, Governor Richardson has vetoed a bill that would have put the state in charge of a system of mandatory vaccinations for all girls entering the ... more »»
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