Today on New Mexico Rising, we are going to be speaking with Paul Gessing. Mr. Gessing

was born in Cincinnati to what he has described as a Republican, small businessman father, and Catholic socialist mother. He graduated from Bowling Green State University in Ohio with a degree in political science and later received a master's degree in business administration from the University of Maryland.

He went on to put his education to work as part of the grass-roots lobbyist organization the National Taxpayers Union in Washington, D.C.

In 2006, he was presented with the opportunity to become President of the Rio Grande Foundation where he has solidified his role as a voice of limited government and individual liberties, across a broad spectrum of policies.

He has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, Washington P ...