Comments on: Legislators To Cut State Board Bureaucracy

By: EconProf

EconProf — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:38:09 +0000

The actual cost of these hundreds of boards and commissions is greatly understated, because they impose a huge compliance and paperwork cost on citizens and businesses. This cost is necessarily passed on to consumers, which is not counted in your article.

By: Rise and sing the school hymn: “ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!” « Temple of Mut

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:34:13 +0000

[…] Legislators To Cut State Board Bureaucracy: “This is the kind of bipartisan, long-term reform the state needs and could save the state billions of dollars. Numerous other states have a sunset review function and have realized long-term savings. In Texas, for example, its Sunset Advisory Commission created in 1978, saves $27 for each dollar spent on the Commission. Furthermore, total savings achieved by the Commission equals roughly 5 percent of the state’s budget – in California 5 percent is $4 billion.”

By: ExPFC Wintergreen

ExPFC Wintergreen — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:46:39 +0000

Sunset review as practiced by the legislature doesn’t cut the mustard. Even if a board is eliminated the functions and bureaucracy of the board simply migrate to the Department of Consumer Affairs. The regulatory guilds and licensing practices remain enshrined in law forever. The trick is to actually eliminate the licensing boards AND the underlying law requiring licensing, which will NEVER happen, at least not in this state.