Budget Bonanza = Bureaucrats’ Booty

Who benefits most from Santa Fe's impending spendathon?

By the time I grew up, there was thirty billion a year in cargo moving through Idlewild Airport and believe me, we tried to steal every bit of it.

— Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), Goodfellas (1990)

Friday’s news that the Land of Enchantment is experiencing a “new surge in state income,” with a “$1.6 billion surplus … in excess of current spending obligations,” …