The Current Example Of Successful Government

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No, I'm sorry, I'm not talking about Washington, D. C.; I'm talking about Texas.  I have heard it said that the biggest mistake America ever made was air conditioning the government buildings in Washington, D. C.  If we hadn't done that, Congress (and maybe the President) would go home for the summer and would do less damage.  Well, I didn't realize that there was a state that understands how to run a government--Texas.

Michael Barone posted a commentary at Townhall.com yesterday comparing the growth and government of California and Texas in recent years. 

In writing about California, Michael Barone points out:

"Those Democratic majorities (in the legislature) have obediently done the bidding of public employee unions to the point that state government faces huge budget deficits. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to reduce the power of the Democratic-union combine with referenda was defeated in 2005 when public employee unions poured $100 million -- all originally extracted from taxpayers -- into effective TV ads."

Texas has low taxes, no state income tax, and a much smaller government.  The legislature of Texas meets for ninety days every two years.  Public employee unions are weak or non-existent.  Texas pays its teachers less than Calilfornia, but its student test scores are higher.  The Texas economy is booming.  Unemployment rates have been below the national average for more than ten years. 

Michael Barone also points out:

"And Americans have been voting for Texas with their feet. From 2000 to 2009, some 848,000 people moved from other parts of the United States to Texas, about the same number as moved in from abroad. That inflow has continued in 2008-09, in which 143,000 Americans moved into Texas, more than double the number in any other state, at the same time as 98,000 were moving out of California. Texas is on the way to gain four additional House seats and electoral votes in the 2010 reapportionment."

Texas has also instituted tort reform in its medical system.  As a result of this, hospitals and doctors are relocating to the state, and the medical profession is booming there.

The bottom line here is that people do better when the government is smaller and government pay scales are not dictated by union demands.  California is going broke, and Texas is booming.  Which example should we be following nationally?

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