The Philadelphia Enquirer reported this evening on the “30,000″ or “35,000″ protesters who descended on the state capital today. It was all over the “millionaire’s tax” that the Governor vetoed this week after a partisan vote in the Democratic controlled legislature. “Stop being the biggest bully in the state,” James Harris, a leader of the [...]
Tags: Christie veto, NJEA, state spending
If this sounds a little like I wrote it to a local email list, it’s because I did. I’d like to reflect on where we get the money we spend on education. The “average taxpaying household” pays property taxes of about $12K per year. If that household has an average child in the school system, [...]
Tags: school budget, taxes, west orange
On Tuesday voters sent a message loud and clear to the status quo education establishment in New Jersey. For too long in our state, education has been the primary driver for pushing up local taxes. The arguments are always the same (‘it’s for the kids’) and opponents have been branded as ‘anti-children’ should they have [...]
I am sure that this graphic by The Tax Foundation (www.taxfoundation.org) will find its way into many articles discussing migration patterns. Read the entire report on your state here.
Here are my reactions to the Assembly Democrats’ commentary regarding Governor Christie’s budget. When I’ve commented inline, my comments are in italics. Assembly Budget Chairman Lou Greenwald (D-Camden): “I thank the acting treasurer for testifying and answering our questions. I had hoped that this would be the start of a renewed bipartisan effort to find [...]
Here‘s the headline from BusinessWeek: Corzine Condemns ‘Too Damn High’ New Jersey Taxes as He Exits …and here’s the lede: New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, making his valedictory speech to lawmakers, said the most critical issue facing them and his successor boils down to this: “Everyone’s property taxes are too damn high.” Super. Too bad [...]
An amazing poll was reported on today on Philly.com (from the AP): Most New Jersey voters surveyed say Gov.-elect Chris Christie should wield an ax and not a tax to help budget the state’s budget. A Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows 75 percent of voters surveyed support a wage freeze for public employees. Even [...]
I recently received a heads up from the folks at George Mason regarding this blog post by Eileen Norcross. The problem and the story are pretty clear: Residents in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey have resorted to a seldom-used method to protest their mayor’s proposal to raise taxes: they want him recalled from office. The [...]