Political Decisions Matter in State Economic Performance
2nd October 2010
Should California incur the costs and delays of economic impact studies?
California should, because political decisions matter and too many California politicians don’t believe it. I’ve had a State Legislator, sitting in her office in the Capital, tell me in essence that decisions made in this building won’t impact California’s economy.
This illustrates the chief rationale for limited government. The skills necessary to win and keep political office in the modern world bear absolutely no relation to the skills needed to run the modern Nosy Parker government, and so the more scope that this government-by-amateurs has, the worse its performance will be.