Comments on: Surprise! NJ Doesn’t Like High Taxes http://www.taxgirl.com/surprise-nj-doesnt-like-high-taxes/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:59:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Do collegiate teabaggers want limited student government? | Akkam's Razor http://www.taxgirl.com/surprise-nj-doesnt-like-high-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-12783 Do collegiate teabaggers want limited student government? | Akkam's Razor Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:36:42 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=4263#comment-12783 [...] You can see it in the polling data from the 2009 NJ Governors race, based on voting priorities (summed-up by taxgirl): Despite three campaign appearances by President Obama, Governor John Corzine lost his [...] [...] You can see it in the polling data from the 2009 NJ Governors race, based on voting priorities (summed-up by taxgirl): Despite three campaign appearances by President Obama, Governor John Corzine lost his [...]

]]> By: Charles Thomas http://www.taxgirl.com/surprise-nj-doesnt-like-high-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-12765 Charles Thomas Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:16:36 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=4263#comment-12765 As a native of the Garden State, and as someone who will probably move back in a year or two, let me offer the following observation: It'll never happen. Chris Christie can talk all he wants about lowering taxes, the real issue is spending. New Jersey has a comprehensive system of government services at every level, and a judiciary with a history of telling the other two branches what to do. New Jersey residents simultaneously demand lowering taxes while maintaining the high level of services (i.e. spending). While I freely acknowledge that Corzine was a disappointment in many ways, I have to say this: if the guy who ran Goldman Sachs when they were still Kings of the World (or at least Wall Street) couldn't solve this, a federal prosecutor who got that gig because he raised money for GWB won't be able to solve it. As a native of the Garden State, and as someone who will probably move back in a year or two, let me offer the following observation:

It’ll never happen.

Chris Christie can talk all he wants about lowering taxes, the real issue is spending. New Jersey has a comprehensive system of government services at every level, and a judiciary with a history of telling the other two branches what to do. New Jersey residents simultaneously demand lowering taxes while maintaining the high level of services (i.e. spending).

While I freely acknowledge that Corzine was a disappointment in many ways, I have to say this: if the guy who ran Goldman Sachs when they were still Kings of the World (or at least Wall Street) couldn’t solve this, a federal prosecutor who got that gig because he raised money for GWB won’t be able to solve it.

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