Bloomberg had a story looking at whether Governor Corzine is avoiding the backlash of the latest budget. They talked about the recently released Public Mind Poll and said this:
Sixty-four percent of voters said it was a good idea to raise taxes on wine and liquor, and 55 percent said they support Corzine's plan to scale back the property tax deduction on the state income tax. Fifty-two percent also said they support a wage freeze and unpaid leaves for state workers.
In an April 7 PublicMind poll, 72 percent said they would rather curb spending than raise taxes.
"I expected more backlash and I expected less support" for raising taxes, said Peter Woolley, director of PublicMind. "It goes to show you that people are happy to tax other people."
The Governor's people had to be happy seeing this story and these poll numbers considering everything that has been in the news and on the agenda lately. While the overall numbers haven't been desirable, some of the internal statistics can be looked on in a more positive light.
