At the state level, she proposes to require a super majority, two-thirds of each house of the legislature, to raise revenues. If her proposals were enacted in the previous administration, Jim Florio, the previous New Jersey governor, would not have been able to enact his tax increase. Florio's tax increase was enacted while New Jersey was in the midst of a harsh recession. Institutional safeguards to make taxing citizens more difficult for government would compel it to focus on efficiency and providing core services. Reducing the growth of government helps the economy.
New Jersey is a prime example of the benefits of slowing the growth of government.
There are two major reasons why less government spending benefits society. First, lowering government spending means that the government will require less taxes now and in the future. Taxes on income, at the margin, reduce the activities that produce income. Labor supply will decrease. Workers may refuse overtime hours.