The Rio Grande Foundation applauds Gov. Martinez for vowing to cut spending rather than raising taxes. However, we see this as an opportunity to trim specific, often unnecessary spending. We have outlined potential savings (and even some new revenue without raising taxes) in a new policy brief.

Please see the attached press release also at the following link: http://www.errorsofenchantment.com/2016/08/10/what-to-cut-finding-600-million-in-savings-wo-raising-taxes/

The brief detailing all of the potential cuts can be found here: http://riograndefoundation.org/downloads/rgf_what_to_cut.pdf