They think, as he seems to, that the government can be run like a good business.
At the same time, he believed this government should be run by the people.
Local government is run by a mayor and city council.
Under a dictatorship, the government is run by one person who has all the power over the people in a country.
The government is run by a board of commissioners with a county manager.
Seems to me the government is run entirely by human beings, too.
Instead, we say that government should be run more like a business.
For years, the refrain has been the same: if only government were run like a business.
The people hadn't paid much attention to the way the government was run.
I think he's just trying to make a statement about the way our government is run.