Steinhardt: We owe it to New Jersey’s next generation to leave them with opportunity and not debt.
By Doug Steinhardt
NJ GOP Doug Steinhardt
Winston Churchill said, “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” In New Jersey, as long as we keep electing politicians who feed the State’s bloated budget, none of us are safe.
Phil Murphy calls New Jersey a high tax for high value state. But Democrats are squeezing out what little value is left. Our schools are failing, NJ Transit deteriorating, jobs leaving, and taxes rising. Policies passed to appease progressives instead of provide solutions are chasing businesses and families away.
Last year, Phil Murphy and New Jersey Democrats set the bar for their income ”success tax” at $5 million. One year later, they redefined “success” as a family making $1 million or more. That’s an 80 percent drop. Take 20 percent of that and by 2020 a family earning $200,000 would pay more taxes. By 2021, a family earning just $40,000 could be the next, New Jersey “success”. It sounds crazy, but it’s not. The middle class is next, because government is out of control. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: March 21st, 2019 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: New Jersey, Opinion, Republican Party | Tags: Doug Steinhardt, New Jersey, New Jersey Republican Party, NJGOP, Opinion | 1 Comment »