Richardson embarked on a program to eliminate "unnecessary boards and officers, by consolidation, and by doing away with overlapping functions," calling it a massive waste of taxpayers’ money. In the preface to his proposed 1923 budget to the Legislature, Richardson declared his opposition to pork barrel politics and that "y chief burden has been to relieve the people of their great burden of taxation." In his various modifications to the state bureaucracy, Richardson appointed various individuals that were favorable to corporate interests.