Government Amateurs vs Government Professionals

The real problem with government spending, taxes, and the like is exposed in this post linked below.  In short, the premise of the argument is that government is an industry and those who work in this industry act and react just like workers in any other industry, say automotive, entertainment, medicine, advertising, publishing, energy, et.al.  An additional personal observation unremarked upon in this post, is the affinity liberals and democrats have for government and government work.  This affinity is one reason the vast majority of government employees are democrats and vote heavily democrat at election time.  Obviously these workers are voting for the policies that grow and expand the size of government, their industry, and mostly these programs are proposed by liberals and democrats.  Since between one in five and one in six employees in the workforce work for the government at all levels (state, local and federal) the democrats have a solid constituency for their programs ready-to-go at election time.  It's hard to see how the republicans can overcome this disadvantage.

Government Amateurs vs Government Professionals

Virginia as a model

Virginia has a balanced budget and is a forward looking state with a lot to offer its citizens.  Mostly it offers minimal state government and taxes and much more personal freedom.  Sounds like the right formula.  Of particular note is the interesting fact that, like New Hampshire, the Virginia state legislature only meets for 45-60 days (on alternate years) to conduct its business, and also only allows one subject per bill (therefore bills are usually one page long), requires the bills to be on line for public review (three days before voting) and does not allow fund raising while the legislature is in session.  I't obvious the longer legislative bodies are in session, the more damage they can do.  Richard Rahn's article lays out the model for all states, and the federal government as well.