If it were a "business," the State of Kentucky is so poorly operated it would be bankrupt. But, Kentucky already has some of the highest taxes in the nation -- they tax every little thing that is manufactured, grown, sold, moves, or sits still for a moment -- so more taxes are not an option.
The Kentucky Democrats set up a system with $100-million in appointed patronage jobs and many of those people never even show up for work. They do, however, kick back a significant part of their salary to the Democratic Party coffers and campaigns. An honest team, like Moore and Bell, would see a budget balancing mechanism there. Cutting out the waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare-Medicaid and welfare budget could save almost another $100-million annually.
The Kentucky State Police is sorely in need some constructive guidance, which Don Bell can expertly offer. The State is overrun with minor bureaucrats, each wielding arbitrary power in their little fiefdoms, with no coordination or control. And, there are actually three different systems of State prosecutors, one which the government was given permission to eliminate (in the State Constitution) years ago but still exists at a cost to the public of many millions of bucks every year.
Ah yes, there is much work to be done in Kentucky government, if it is ever to be nudged into the twenty-first century. Like the State Constitution, the system of Kentucky State government is a holdover from the horse and buggy era and doesn't work very well anymore.
Kentucky government needs some significant changes . . . soon. A Moore-Bell Governorship would go far in making many of the necessary changes. And, let's face it, even though I also like a couple of the other candidates, I have yet to hear ANY of them even suggesting something at the State level might need changing.