Every winter, Wyoming enters a budget session with one core responsibility: use the short 20-day window to craft a disciplined, responsible, people-focused budget. A budget session is supposed to be our most focused, intentional moment of governance — a time when we pause the noise and concentrate entirely on the financial stewardship of our state.

But this year, we’re talking about 300–400 bills being introduced into that same 20-day session. And that raises a serious question Wyoming families are asking all over the state:

How are we supposed to shrink bureaucracy when every year we expand it through legislation, new rules, and new layers of government?

That question goes deeper than frustration — it goes to the heart of why I left the political parties and stepped into the governor’s race as an unaffiliated write-in candidate.

We Cannot Manage Our Budget Well If the Budget Isn’t the Focus

A 20-day session is already tight. The budget deserves every hour, every committee meeting, every debate, and every moment of attention we can give it. Instead, we’re preparing to pack the workload of a general session into a compressed schedule.

When that happens:

• Budget discipline suffers
• Scrutiny declines
• Accountability fades
• Important decisions get rushed
• The people get left behind

A budget is not just numbers — it’s a moral and practical statement of what matters. Wyoming families budget carefully, intentionally, and with purpose. Our state government should mirror that same restraint.

Trying to develop a responsible budget while drowning in hundreds of additional bills is like trying to build a house while four different crews are adding new rooms, new plumbing, new hallways, and new expenses — all at the same time. 🏚️

It’s chaos disguised as productivity.

The Real Problem: Every Bill Adds to Bureaucracy, Even When We Say We Want Less

This is the contradiction at the heart of modern politics. Every year we hear promises of:

• “Smaller government.”
• “Less regulation.”
• “More freedom.”

Yet each session, we add:

• new rules,
• new oversight bodies,
• new reporting requirements,
• new agencies,
• and new layers of government.

It’s death by a thousand paper cuts.

People feel this burden whether they’re ranchers, teachers, small-business owners, state employees, or retirees just trying to navigate their government. Every added rule becomes another weight on someone’s shoulders.

And here’s the truth that no one inside the system likes to say out loud:

You can’t shrink government if you keep expanding the machinery that runs it.

This expanding bureaucracy is one of the core reasons I stepped away from the political parties. It became increasingly clear that the system — not the people — was being protected.

This Is Why I Left the Political Parties

I didn’t leave out of anger.
I left because the political structure has become dedicated to activity, not accountability.

Inside a party, every new bill is a “win” for someone — a donor, a lobbyist, a faction, or a political interest. Rarely does anyone stop to ask:

• Does this simplify government?
• Does this reduce burden?
• Does this save money?
• Does this keep government lean?
• Does this protect the people?

After enough conversations with Wyoming families, I knew I couldn’t stand inside a system that kept expanding itself while pretending to stand for restraint.

Leaving the parties wasn’t stepping away from my principles — it was stepping toward them.

Wyoming Needs a Governor Who Will Ask the Hard Question

A governor must be willing to ask:

“What are we building — and why?”

Because if we want a future built on Faith, Family, Freedom, and the Future, then we must design a government that doesn’t grow just because a session happens to be in progress.

Government should not expand by default.
Bureaucracy should not grow unnoticed.
Rulemaking should not drown out the people it claims to help.

Real leadership means understanding that every time government adds something, it must also remove something. Every new cost must be measured against the families who will carry it.

A Budget Session Should Be About the Budget — Not a Bill Avalanche

Here’s what Wyoming truly needs from its next budget session:

• A return to discipline
• A focus on actual budgeting
• A commitment to transparency
• Honesty about what we can and cannot afford
• A refusal to bury the people under more layers of government

If we want solutions, we have to simplify — not add complexity.

A government that grows itself cannot claim to defend freedom.

If You Want a Government That Works for the People, It Cannot Be Built for the System

This is why my campaign is different.
This is why it’s unaffiliated.
This is why it resonates with thousands of Wyomingites who feel the system is no longer listening.

When bureaucracy grows unchecked, the people lose power.
When budgeting becomes an afterthought, the people lose trust.
When hundreds of bills flood a short session, the people lose their voice.

Wyoming deserves better.

🖊️ Write-In Joseph Kibler for Governor in 2026.
Let’s build a government that remembers who it works for.