Hey, governor,here are some alternatives

Gov. Jon Corzine has said repeatedly that he was willing to listen to alternative approaches to heal the state’s failing fiscal health. Well, here is something interesting from New Jersey Policy Perspective. The advocacy group says that a mix of the gas tax and assorted driving fees would go a long way toward fixing things.

I agree, though I also would add that we need significant budget cuts, changes in local spending and an increase income tax.

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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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