Breaking: Cynical Republicans criticize Corzine budget

by: Scott Weingart

Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 01:17:17 PM EDT

I'm...astonished. Assembly ~~Majority~~ Minority Leader Alex DeCroce launches the first volley, accusing Governor Corzine of trying to dismantle the middle class. Now there's one we haven't heard before.

Corzine ought not be surprised by opposition from cynical Republicans in the legislature. Even if he allowed them to write his budget and his budget address, they would still find a way to criticize it after he delivered it. What else are we to expect from a party that is howling about proposed cuts to a program they attacked as a gimmick less than two years ago? Corzine's budget is far more "fiscally conservative" than anything they have offered in recent memory.

Legislative Republicans may well have some good ideas that could help the state, and Corzine indicated in his speech that he is willing to work with them. But the Republicans need to take a hint from Barack Obama's inauguration and put away childish things like partisan posturing and sensational forecasts of middle class doom.

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Assembly Minority Leader Alex DeCroce (4.00 / 4)

...and hopefully he remains in the minority :-)

by: vingopal @ Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 17:33:51 PM UTC

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ooops... (0.00 / 0)

thanks for catching that!

by: Scott Weingart @ Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 17:35:18 PM UTC

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Not to bee cynical... (4.00 / 1)

But the "Property Tax Rebates" were the cornerstone of Corzines Special Session on Tax Reform, declaring the problem solved. Republicans rightly called them gimicks. But a gimick is better then nothing at all.

Cutting the rebates and deductions are a de facto tax increase and show how much of a failure the work done in 2006 was.

Maybe now that the rebates have been proven a failure as "reform" we can get our Constituional Convention? I won't hold my breath either.

by: AreYouWithMe? @ Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 18:37:44 PM UTC

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No one called it "solved" (0.00 / 0)

The Property Taxes were initially created by Christie Whitman and a Republican legislature (with Dem support).

The 1/2 sales tax dedicated to rebates was a compromise in Corzine's first year to end the budget impasse that shut down the state government.

by: vmars @ Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 19:10:54 PM UTC

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