Senator Phil Haines, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding Governor Corzine’s speech on his new spending package:
“It defies common-sense to think that New Jersey can tax and spend its way out of the current economic mess. For the past seven years the Trenton Democrats have imposed burdensome new taxes and policies that have destroyed our state’s jobs climate. During this same period our neighbors to the north, south and west have established business friendly policies that created more jobs. Last year alone New York’s private sector job growth was 12 times New Jersey’s.
“Just last month New Jersey lost 3, 900 jobs; year-to-date more than 21, 000 and that doesn’t reflect the current crisis on Wall Street. Middle class families on Main Street have clearly been adversely affected by the tax, borrow and spend policies of Governor Corzine and his Democratic allies in Trenton.
“Sadly, Governor Corzine offered limited solutions to the fiscal crisis in his speech today. In fact, one aspect of the governor’s plan helps only 1, 000 homeowners. This is insulting. He seems to have forgotten that there are more than 8.5 million people in the state.
“In order to revive our economy and help businesses and all middle class families in the state we need to a start with four simple steps.
* Adopt the Republican Plan for a Sales Tax Holiday that will let families keep more of their money, and protects retail jobs.
* Roll back toll hikes, to make commutes more affordable and to keep the cost of groceries from going through the roof.
* Veto the $160 million COAH tax that will cause sprawl, congestion on damage home values.
* Repeal the $60 million energy tax.
“More needs to be done of course, but if the governor doesn’t do these four simple things he will have failed.”
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