November 28, 2006 3:10PM 

# New Mexico: Land of Dependence 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Found on a New Mexico state web site…

![Media Name: nm_hsd.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/download-remote-images/www.cato.org/172395922072/nm_hsd.jpg?itok=GWwPw8v1) 

My father-in-law runs the Santa Fe chapter of [Habitat for Humanity](http://www.habitat.org/), a voluntary charity that measures success in terms of how many people it helps to achieve financial independence. Odd that the state government appears to take pride in doing the opposite.

The [Free Lunch Project](http://www.freelunchproject.com/) may have found its new home. [Crescit eundo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescit_eundo), indeed.

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