An inevitable shutdown that did not have to happen

So far, the impa t of Saturday’s state government shutdown has been minimal, but after the holiday who knows. This should have surprised no one. Nor should the battle between the governor and Assembly Democrats given the state’s allergy to tax hikes and its unwillingness to act in a fiscal manner.

But there is no way to fix this mess without some kind of newly recurring revenues — hence, the governor’s sales tax hike.

Here are a couple of good editorials on the shutdown from The Record and The Star-Ledger.

South Brunswick Post, The Cranbury Press

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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.

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