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In Government, the meeting is the goal and more money spent equals more success. 

Do not apply basic Economics 101 to government thinking. That's not how they reason. 

How do those in government think? 

Here I lay out the differences between the government and the private sector, and how each measures success, and I answer the question, “What was the legislature and the governor thinking when they passed and signed into law all of these horrible laws?” 

In government, the meeting, the process, the endless discussion is the goal. Memos, intergovernmental agency meetings, and committee meetings are the goal. 

In the private sector, providing a good or service that someone wants, and is willing to pay for, is the goal. 

In government, spending money on a “problem” is the solution, and the more money that is spent on a particular issue means more success for that issue. 

In the private sector, goods and services produced must be what people want, and are willing to pay money for. For business to have success, they must produce what people want, regardless of how much money was spent to produce that good or service. 

Gov. Jay Inslee of WA thinks this last session was a success because more money was spent on programs that he thinks are necessary. Outcomes or results or other measurements of success are not part of how success is measured in his mind, nor in the mind of those in government. More money thrown at a problem mean that problem is solved, regardless of measurable outcomes. 

Using the education budget, I show how government believes that more money spend equals more success towards an issue. 

This podcast answers the question, “What was the legislature and the governor thinking when they passed all these horrible laws this session?”