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Originally Posted by slugger27nj
Haha...my paper writin' days are long over. In regards to Corzine, if he were truly well intentioned, he would veto every property tax reform bill that came across his desk that wasn't long term and watered down. You're definitely right about the municipalities and school districts, but the consolidation will never happen (at least on the scale that it should) because there are too many union and politically connected jobs that'll be lost. The school districts could easily be condensed by county, the way it should be, but the same people that complain about high taxes are the same ones that cry about "home rule". The Abbott districts also need to be severely reformed. I think the intentions were great with them at the start, but the administrators with their heads in trough both abuse and mismanage the system. Administrators in Camden fixed the test scores of 3rd graders to keep the funding coming in, both Camden and Newark districts paid out over $300,000 EACH to DEAD employees, a principal in Newark purchased a Wurlitzer juke box with Abbott $$$, and a custodian in Jersey City made over $175,000 in a year!!! That's our tax $$$ hard at work......uhhh, yeah.....and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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i'm surprised a sales tax on clothing hasn't been implemented yet. we have a 8.125% sales tax in new york (which is why i do all my clothes shopping in NJ) so 6 or 7% wouldn't be too bad and really would provide a huge amount of revenue. as much as i say consolidation is key, i know it works because your cutting the salary of useless people. but putting those people out of work will never happen so what the hell. why bother wishing?
and tim- as for corzine. he is no different from any other politician; and thats precisely the problem. he promised to be the "different" politician. but he isn't. i'd like to think hes not taking salary to help the budget. but i dont think thats the case. i think hes trying to look like hes trying to make a difference. but hes really just covering his own rear. i don't believe the whole "he's rich enough so he doesn't need the money." he was rich enough when he worked for goldman sachs, but the reason he got rich is the same reason the idea isn't true; greed.