Nevada is the perfect example of how low-taxes and less regulation can lead to damaging consequences to local economies in the long-term. Without any focus on sustainable growth, Nevada will struggle economically in the future no matter who is in charge. But I don't think that the whole government-stay-out except for federally funded water projects, military bases, sub-market grazing and mining rates on federal lands, and nuclear testing facilities, plus BIA assistance to reservations, oh, and can we get some funding for new roads please? view works as we have seen through the deregulation policies that led to such damaging results in the South and West.
Corrected to reflect the "individualistic" spirit of the typical "anti-big government" Nevadan. Though in fairness this attitude, sadly, probably applies to a majority of Americans all across the country.
