It gave them time to read their mail

by: Jason Springer

Sun Jun 28, 2009 at 04:38:18 PM EDT

Brian Donohue over at the Ledger Live absolutely nails the NJ GOP "outrage" voiced during Thursday's budget vote. The Republicans decided that they would solicit letters to read on the floor, rather than do anything to help solve those problems. Donohue manages to capture what was there, what wasn't and just what didn't add up with this brief comment:

And there was some disconnect, for sure. Most of the letters came from working class types struggling to get by - a group largely spared by Corzine's budget, which raises income taxes on the wealthy.
As a taxpayer, it was depressing to watch, really. It would have been nice to hear the opposition party, one after another, stand up and suggest line-item cuts or specific revenue items that they wanted to see in the budget.

That's right. It would have been nice, but unfortunately the elected GOP leaders in the legislature have adopted the Christie model of critiquing without governing. And they were so busy giving voice, that they didn't bother to mention the people they were "speaking for" weren't targets of the actions they were condemning. The NJ GOP is real good at sending out press releases, but finding some workable specifics of what they would do different seems to be the hurdle they are unwilling or unable to cross. Everyone realizes taxpayers are upset, but the NJ GOP isn't doing anything to fix the problem except critique. That's not governing.

Jason Springer :: It gave them time to read their mail

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It gave them time to read their mail | 1 comments

The voters will only remember (0.00 / 0)

that under Dem's last 7 years , NJ's property tax levy has increased 55%, this according to the NJ Department of Community Affairs ($14.9 billion to more than $23 billion). Now Corzine is limiting the tax deduction to $5,000. plus all the wealthy families earning over 75K will see ZERO rebate it's the last insult to there paychecks.Perhaps they believe that anything is better than that

by: speedkillsu @ Sun Jun 28, 2009 at 23:46:13 PM UTC