[transmaro93]

bottom line is that if they don't stop or at least freeze the spending in this state, its not going to get any easier to live in. NJ has one of the highest tax brackets in the country right now and we still have deficit problems?? I mean does that really make sense to anybody? Sorry but if you don't touch the larger parts of the govt like the education system your just not going to make a difference. BTW Al you said that you dont like that its falling on the teachers and not the admins... Well that is the BOE decision not the governors office, Alls he can do is set the funds in place. Its the BOE job to distribute those funds. I don't want to see "good" teachers get fired, but i mean how many thousands of people were fired this past 2 years?? I'm lucky to still have a job, but come on what makes them so special to be the only class of people in this economy to get a raise and budget raise. And nobody would have to be fired if the unions and BOE just budged a little bit, but they refuse. So all that negative feedback should be directed at them. Those unions hemorrhage money when the rest of us are trying just to put a loaf of bread on the table. JUST MAKES ME SO HAPPY THAT PEOPLE WENT OUT AND VOTED TO SHOW THAT THE PEOPLE OF NJ STILL RUN THIS STATE, NOT THE UNIONS. bricks budget was voted down almost by a 2:1 vote!