And you get what you pay for. (PROOF)
Our state is in dire financial straits, yet Mr. Corzine refuses to cut down on spending. Instead, he proposes a ludicrous toll hike, proposes outrageous borrowing schemes, doesn't listen to his constituents, then has the audacity to hand us the bill, which is growing larger every day.
Someone once told me that you don't spend a dollar if you haven't got a dime. Somebody should tell our Governor this. Last time I checked, he was touting a plan to borrow $38 billion to pay off $16 billion using our toll roads without our permission (bad Governor!)
The working-classed taxpayers are strapped for cash, foreclosures are at crisis levels, the job market is on a downward tumble and the tent cities in the woods are overpopulated with the newly homeless.
And instead of providing relief, Corzine proposes tax and spending increases? Like, did he really just gave all his judge friends raises? According to my memory, they just got raises.
Anyone who knows anything saw through his property tax rebate scheme... raising the sales taxes to take money from the taxpayers, just to give some of it back? That's a shell game that even us lowly peasants can see through (our public school systems didn't raise idiots Mr. Corzine).
As for the toll hike proposal, Mr. Gov-na , are you serious? Your own study (yes, the one that cost us taxpayers upwards of $7 million) showed that the citizens of Monmouth and Ocean Counties would be the hardest hit by your insane proposal.
Why should we carry the burden of our state debt on our backs alone? The toll hikes do not affect taxpayers equally, and that is wrong.
And despite a visibly incited public (rabble rabble), you refuse to listen to your constituents-- over and over again.
The only good you've done for N.J. is that you've rallied the voters to levels of rage and political activism not seen since Florio. And the roiling public booted him from the statehouse, so I'm guessing we've still got some hope.
A Quinnipiac University poll that was released today shows that N.J. voters disapprove of the governors toll plan by 73 %. Similarly, a sizely chunk of 52 % of respondents are not happy with Gov. Jon Corzine's on-the-job performance. PROOF (Duh, like we needed a poll to prove this).
And because it seems like Mr. Corzine has no idea how to cut spending, here are some suggestions:
Consolidate the outrageously segmented public school district system. There are 566 municipalities in our state and 616 school districts each with state paid bureaucratic fat. There is no need for that many superintendents, assistant superintendents, vice principals, principals, secretaries, (all with state paid benefits and such).
If you're going to raise taxes, raise the sin taxes on gambling winnings, cigarettes, alcohol and fast food (gluttony, look it up, it's a sin so it qualifies) and take the taxes of our toilet paper for poop's sake.
We are in a budget crisis. Cut down on duplicated positions, consolidate municipal services and up the retirement age for public workers to a normal age. Cut spending. Stop increasing taxes and spending.
Our state is in dire financial straits, yet Mr. Corzine refuses to cut down on spending. Instead, he proposes a ludicrous toll hike, proposes outrageous borrowing schemes, doesn't listen to his constituents, then has the audacity to hand us the bill, which is growing larger every day.
Someone once told me that you don't spend a dollar if you haven't got a dime. Somebody should tell our Governor this. Last time I checked, he was touting a plan to borrow $38 billion to pay off $16 billion using our toll roads without our permission (bad Governor!)
The working-classed taxpayers are strapped for cash, foreclosures are at crisis levels, the job market is on a downward tumble and the tent cities in the woods are overpopulated with the newly homeless.
And instead of providing relief, Corzine proposes tax and spending increases? Like, did he really just gave all his judge friends raises? According to my memory, they just got raises.
Anyone who knows anything saw through his property tax rebate scheme... raising the sales taxes to take money from the taxpayers, just to give some of it back? That's a shell game that even us lowly peasants can see through (our public school systems didn't raise idiots Mr. Corzine).
As for the toll hike proposal, Mr. Gov-na , are you serious? Your own study (yes, the one that cost us taxpayers upwards of $7 million) showed that the citizens of Monmouth and Ocean Counties would be the hardest hit by your insane proposal.
Why should we carry the burden of our state debt on our backs alone? The toll hikes do not affect taxpayers equally, and that is wrong.
And despite a visibly incited public (rabble rabble), you refuse to listen to your constituents-- over and over again.
The only good you've done for N.J. is that you've rallied the voters to levels of rage and political activism not seen since Florio. And the roiling public booted him from the statehouse, so I'm guessing we've still got some hope.
A Quinnipiac University poll that was released today shows that N.J. voters disapprove of the governors toll plan by 73 %. Similarly, a sizely chunk of 52 % of respondents are not happy with Gov. Jon Corzine's on-the-job performance. PROOF (Duh, like we needed a poll to prove this).
And because it seems like Mr. Corzine has no idea how to cut spending, here are some suggestions:
Consolidate the outrageously segmented public school district system. There are 566 municipalities in our state and 616 school districts each with state paid bureaucratic fat. There is no need for that many superintendents, assistant superintendents, vice principals, principals, secretaries, (all with state paid benefits and such).
If you're going to raise taxes, raise the sin taxes on gambling winnings, cigarettes, alcohol and fast food (gluttony, look it up, it's a sin so it qualifies) and take the taxes of our toilet paper for poop's sake.
We are in a budget crisis. Cut down on duplicated positions, consolidate municipal services and up the retirement age for public workers to a normal age. Cut spending. Stop increasing taxes and spending.