Comments on: NJ Taxes On the Rise http://www.taxgirl.com/nj-taxes-on-the-rise/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Urbie http://www.taxgirl.com/nj-taxes-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-10646 Urbie Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:32:44 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=3497#comment-10646 Glad to hear Rhode Island isn't the only state with ridiculous pension obligations, insane taxes, and impossible corrupt entrenched politicians! >8[ Urb (who never thought he'd see the day Massachusetts looked efficient by comparison) Glad to hear Rhode Island isn’t the only state with ridiculous pension obligations, insane taxes, and impossible corrupt entrenched politicians! >8[

Urb (who never thought he’d see the day Massachusetts looked efficient by comparison)

]]> By: Robert D Flach http://www.taxgirl.com/nj-taxes-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-10641 Robert D Flach Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:29:26 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=3497#comment-10641 KPE- As soon as my father goes to his final audit I am "outta here"! NJ that is. I will be running as fast as I can to Wayne County in Pennsylvania. NJ has a lot to offer - but unfortunately it also has greedy politicians. Most NJ politicians hold two and three show and no-show paying jobs, as well as giving show and no-show paying jobs to spouses and other relatives - and therefore get to double and triple dip into the state pension plan and the state health insurance plan and other benefits. It is difficult to effect change in NJ because the Democratic controlled legislature gives teacher and other public employee unions everything they want without question in exchange for large political contributions and guaranteed votes. Corzine et al have added 65,000 new public jobs in NJ in recent years - thereby assuring at least 130,000 more Democratic votes. Corzine is a big disappointment. He was an "outsider", a millionaire who did not need graft and pork money, and was supposedly a business brain (he actually was just a stock broker - a salesman - who was in the right place at the right time at GS and certainly no business brain). However he has made NJ much more worse off with graft and pork than before he took office. The only way NJ will change is if the voters embrace the G.R.I.P. philosophy - Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians - and vote the bastards out en masse! Thanks for letting me rant. TWTP KPE-

As soon as my father goes to his final audit I am “outta here”! NJ that is. I will be running as fast as I can to Wayne County in Pennsylvania.

NJ has a lot to offer – but unfortunately it also has greedy politicians. Most NJ politicians hold two and three show and no-show paying jobs, as well as giving show and no-show paying jobs to spouses and other relatives – and therefore get to double and triple dip into the state pension plan and the state health insurance plan and other benefits.

It is difficult to effect change in NJ because the Democratic controlled legislature gives teacher and other public employee unions everything they want without question in exchange for large political contributions and guaranteed votes. Corzine et al have added 65,000 new public jobs in NJ in recent years – thereby assuring at least 130,000 more Democratic votes.

Corzine is a big disappointment. He was an “outsider”, a millionaire who did not need graft and pork money, and was supposedly a business brain (he actually was just a stock broker – a salesman – who was in the right place at the right time at GS and certainly no business brain). However he has made NJ much more worse off with graft and pork than before he took office.

The only way NJ will change is if the voters embrace the G.R.I.P. philosophy – Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians – and vote the bastards out en masse!

Thanks for letting me rant.

TWTP

]]> By: Jen Miller http://www.taxgirl.com/nj-taxes-on-the-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-10638 Jen Miller Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:22:59 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=3497#comment-10638 On one hand, I think Corzine's stuck between a rock and a hard place. He's trying to clean up the mess others have left behind, and he's hitting a wall with the recession. On the other hand, it's becoming more difficult for me to justify staying in NJ. We pay the highest property taxes, and my health insurance, which I buy myself, would be cheaper if I crossed over the river. Same for car insurance. Plus, NJ started taxing "services," so not only are you taxed on things like gym memberships, but freelance writers are considered a "service" -- meaning I pay more out of pocket to taxes because I live in NJ. The NJ property taxes affected what kind of house I bought (row home, no yard), and losing that rebate is a big blow. But do I want to pay Philadelphia wage and business privilege taxes? Not really, and I prefer NJ burbs over Pa. On one hand, I think Corzine’s stuck between a rock and a hard place. He’s trying to clean up the mess others have left behind, and he’s hitting a wall with the recession.

On the other hand, it’s becoming more difficult for me to justify staying in NJ. We pay the highest property taxes, and my health insurance, which I buy myself, would be cheaper if I crossed over the river. Same for car insurance. Plus, NJ started taxing “services,” so not only are you taxed on things like gym memberships, but freelance writers are considered a “service” — meaning I pay more out of pocket to taxes because I live in NJ.

The NJ property taxes affected what kind of house I bought (row home, no yard), and losing that rebate is a big blow.

But do I want to pay Philadelphia wage and business privilege taxes? Not really, and I prefer NJ burbs over Pa.

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