Putting the income tax on the table

I’m glad to see the League of Municipalities, which has too often failed to stand up for low-income New Jerseyans, attempt to put an expanded income tax on the table. I’ve long thought that shifting the burden of education funding from local property taxpayers to a broadbased income (and corporate tax) made the most sense.

I understand the concerns being raised by Mary Forsberg of New Jersey Policy Perspective — we’ve talked about them in previous interviews — and I think they need to be considered. But the status quo is unsustainable and we have to start talking about different ways of doing things and paying for things in New Jersey.

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