Christie’s vetoes say all that needs to be said

The contrast says it all. Veto the restoration of the state’s earned income tax credit, which helps those at the bottom of the income ladder, but veto a plan to pay for property tax cuts by taxing 16,000 millionaires, otherwise known as those at the top of the income heap. And veto an effort to help strapped towns by giving them a bigger portion of energy receipts tax payments — money that used to be theirs way back when. And then top it off by vetoing a plan to give towns an extra two years to spend affordable housing money, instead grabbing it to help plug a hole in his budget.

That is Gov. Chris Christie in a nutshell.

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