Kansas

Gain control of state government, pass tax cuts. When inevitable deficit crisis hits, demand cuts in teachers, universities, state agencies that help the poor, and environmental agencies. If those cuts balance the budget, cut taxes, repeat cycle. After agencies and schools have been cut to the bone, then go after pensions. All the while feed as much money to your developer cronies as you can get away with. Keep people distracted with phony fetus-worship, religion in government, and anti-gay laws that will get struck down by the courts (or maybe not, nowadays).

They do this every time.