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Meh.

Not that Corzine was doing great, but people get too reactive during bad times.

NJ state income taxes are pretty low compared to the fed, and the sales tax is lower than NY.... So when Christie says "lower taxes", how is he going to pull that out?

I have seen SO MANY politicians use that as their war-cry, and almost none of them have actually done it (except to their own political supporters, ala Bush).

If the biggest tax people have to pay is Property, and THAT comes primarily from the county, how will he be able to do anything about that? With a broad-stroke general cut to education spending with no real line item prohibiting things like Pensions for Executive Staff over XXX$? How about Cops? Cut the cops pay but allow their Supers to getthe same pay they have always had... DURING A RECESSION?


Oh, and that is one thnig that gets me about ALL union disputes. On both sides. The blind fighting. During a deficit, and a recession, people complaining about pay reduction when the private sector has had just that. On top of that, the executive levels of city administration, in all departments, getting much higher pay than their subordinate bretheren. When a cut comes through, the guys that pay are rarely at the top.

But back to topic. How is he going to reduce taxes when the taxes he can reduce are not the big guns? Is he going to magically clean up all of NJ? Wave a wand and make corruption and kickbacks dissappear?

None of his ads were specific. Although I hate negative ads, I also do not like ads showing him having a family dinner and hugging his kids.

Great, you are not an abusive Dad, how does that work for us in Government again?

I hope one of two things. That miracle of miracles he is able to get the kinks out and get the money that comes in to where it needs to go, or that he fails miserably and we have a doubly bitter voting public willing to go Independent.