Thanks, you saved me the trouble of writing it. The only other thing I'd mention is that public employee unions are the principal budget-busters and absolutely must be brought to heel -- but of course they're the Democrat base, along with trial lawyers.
The voters have brought some of this upon themselves by stupidly approving huge bond obligations and carved-in-stone increases for education and other spending, etc. in the past. But those measures have been misleadingly promoted as you say. When voters have tried to limit spending on illegals, etc., were overruled by the courts or politicians. Time to get out the pitchforks.
“Time to get out the pitchforks.”
YEP.