Show me the anger

Tom Moran’s column asks an important question about a tax revolt that allegedly is in the offing. Moran details the seeming apathy about the issue by exploring the same roads traveled during the 1990 rebellion over the Florio hikes.

The difference this time, however, is that the taxpaying public is far less naive about the problem this time out. I’ve talked to a lot of people about taxes and many, if not most, seem resigned to the state hikes. They are not happy, nor are they prepared to give the governor credit for taking on a mess created by the last three of the last four governors (Whitman, DiFrancesco and McGreevey). Instead, they are directing their anger elsewhere, which could lead to a delayed reaction.

The GOP, however, is mistaken if it thinks it can benefit easily. I think voters understand that both parties have created the state’s fiscal disaster and both should pay a price.

Channel Surfing, The South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press

Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet