Monroe taxpayers should speak up about the Monroe municipal budget. At a time when everyone in the state is complaining about property taxes, there is something wrong with a 5.9-cent tax hike.
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The governor’s proposed $33 billion budget proposal has not exactly been popular thanks to a slew of cuts to propular and, in some cases, necessary programs. And yet, things just maybe about to get worse. Gov. Jon Corzine told the Asbury Park Press that a national recession could cut into revenues, necessitating more cuts. Ouch.
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We did editorials this week on the South Brunswick municipal budget — too much surplus being used — and the unfairness of the carrot-and-stick use of aid by the governor.
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The thing that has struck me all along about the debate over the governor’s toll hike plan was the inevitability that the state’s needs — its broken infrastructure, shaky finances, etc. — would require some sacrifice on the part of taxpayers. Whether there would be a need to slash government programs, including popular or necessary ones, or raise taxes or other revenue, we were going to pay.
That’s why this announcement today by state Sen. Ray Lesniak should not come as a shock to anyone, though it will.
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The New York Times is right when it says that New Jersey should be a warning to other states — and I would add towns (see earlier post) — about budget gimmicks and short-term thinking.
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Hank Kalet 