Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean reacted today to published reports that Jon Corzine is revisiting plans to generate more money from the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and the Atlantic City Expressway.
“Two years ago, many people in the state thought the governor’s irresponsible plan to monetize New Jersey’s toll roads was dead and buried; everybody but Governor Corzine. Published reports indicate that all along the governor has been planning to use the toll roads to generate more revenue for his reckless spending spree.
“Jon Corzine promised to reduce property taxes by 40 percent across the state with his famously-failed ‘forty in four’ plan. Instead property taxes have increased at the highest rate in history.
“Governor Corzine also said raising taxes was a last resort. Instead, the governor and his allies in the Legislature hatched the biggest tax hike scheme in history, $2.5 billion more in levies on New Jersey’s middle class. The sales tax alone was hiked by 16 percent.
“Today, Governor Corzine backtracked on his comment to the New York Times that ‘this idea worked.’ Corzine’s spokesman said the statement was ‘taken out of context.’ Despite his panicked denials that there are no toll hikes in the future, can anyone with even a speck of common sense think that Jon Corzine won’t jack up tolls?”
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