The NJ Libertarian Party has gotten its hands on the membership roll of members of the national party that live in NJ. The Libertarian Party sent the NJLP a list of over 9000 names of Libertarians who are not members of the state party. The NJLP steering committee is currently drafting up a form letter to go out to these wayward Libertarians to inform them of the great opportunities to get involved in local activism with the state party.
More on what the state party is planning will come soon.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Groups Want To Increase Taxes To Maintain Bloated Budget
A coalition called Better Choices for New Jersey has formed to call for the increase of taxes with the intention of not needing to cut any items from the budget. The director of this coalition has stated that it would be against the interest of working families. Well I fail to see how raising taxes in a state with high poverty, decreasing jobs, and already high taxes is in the interest of working families.
In this last year 10,000 jobs have already left the state to other places where the government doesn't have a strangle hold on them. And I am not talking about out of country, many of these jobs have been leaving to other states. The Budweiser facility in Newark is leaving to another state as I type. The manufacturing facility where I work was offered a FANTASTIC deal by the state of Virginia to move our factory down there. The deal included no taxes for 10 years. NJ cannot beat that.
A recent study has shown that 1 in 5 people in NJ cannot afford the essentials and how are we going to improve the situation by creating an environment where more jobs are going to leave NJ. Much of the solution that the coalition proposes is taxing the top 10% and the businesses more than they are right now. What a great idea! Lets encourage those with money and those who employ residents of NJ to leave, that will solve our problems.
And they want to increase the fees associated with drivers' licenses and motor vehicles. This seems to counter common sense considering that the price of gas is at an all time high.
There are plenty of things that should be and need to be cut from the budget. NJ is the ultimate Nanny State. Reform needs to take place and Better Choices for New Jersey wants to maintain the status quo. And look where the status quo has gotten us! NJ Familycare is hemorrhaging money, workers' comp is in shambles, local bureaucrats and politicians are indicted every week, the state government can't afford to maintain its own pension fund, and both NJ Democrats and Republicans have shown no initiative in stopping any of this from happening.
Better Choices for New Jersey consists of the AARP, the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University, the Communications Workers of America, District 1; New Jersey Citizen Action, the New Jersey Environmental Federation, the New Jersey Immigration Policy Network, the New Jersey Tenants Organization, the Rutgers Labor association, the Sierra Club of New Jersey and the United Presbyterian Church of Paterson.
Click here for the news article.
In this last year 10,000 jobs have already left the state to other places where the government doesn't have a strangle hold on them. And I am not talking about out of country, many of these jobs have been leaving to other states. The Budweiser facility in Newark is leaving to another state as I type. The manufacturing facility where I work was offered a FANTASTIC deal by the state of Virginia to move our factory down there. The deal included no taxes for 10 years. NJ cannot beat that.
A recent study has shown that 1 in 5 people in NJ cannot afford the essentials and how are we going to improve the situation by creating an environment where more jobs are going to leave NJ. Much of the solution that the coalition proposes is taxing the top 10% and the businesses more than they are right now. What a great idea! Lets encourage those with money and those who employ residents of NJ to leave, that will solve our problems.
And they want to increase the fees associated with drivers' licenses and motor vehicles. This seems to counter common sense considering that the price of gas is at an all time high.
There are plenty of things that should be and need to be cut from the budget. NJ is the ultimate Nanny State. Reform needs to take place and Better Choices for New Jersey wants to maintain the status quo. And look where the status quo has gotten us! NJ Familycare is hemorrhaging money, workers' comp is in shambles, local bureaucrats and politicians are indicted every week, the state government can't afford to maintain its own pension fund, and both NJ Democrats and Republicans have shown no initiative in stopping any of this from happening.
Better Choices for New Jersey consists of the AARP, the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University, the Communications Workers of America, District 1; New Jersey Citizen Action, the New Jersey Environmental Federation, the New Jersey Immigration Policy Network, the New Jersey Tenants Organization, the Rutgers Labor association, the Sierra Club of New Jersey and the United Presbyterian Church of Paterson.
Click here for the news article.
Unanue To Drop Out And Be Replaced By Zimmer
Andy Unanue is dropping out and being replaced by Dick Zimmer, a former Republican Congressman who currently works in DC as a lawyer and lobbyist. Is a DC lawyer/lobbyist what we are looking for in a candidate. No. That kind of record doesn't exactly scream "reformer". He got beat out by Rush Holt about a decade ago while under fire for some suspicious activities.
The Republican leadership in NJ has not been showing any leadership. They have been bouncing around like a ping pong ball while showing absolutely no loyalty or faith in any candidate. They have shown no party unity whatsoever.
For Libertarians this is good news. Conservatives are bolting from the Republican party because of the obvious backroom antics, lack of any progress in the state, and no interest in changing the status quo.
You can find news stories on this topic everywhere on http://www.nj.com/ and http://www.politickernj.com/.
The Republican leadership in NJ has not been showing any leadership. They have been bouncing around like a ping pong ball while showing absolutely no loyalty or faith in any candidate. They have shown no party unity whatsoever.
For Libertarians this is good news. Conservatives are bolting from the Republican party because of the obvious backroom antics, lack of any progress in the state, and no interest in changing the status quo.
You can find news stories on this topic everywhere on http://www.nj.com/ and http://www.politickernj.com/.
New Writer On Board!
John Hebble of East Stroudsburg University has joined NJ Libertarian News as a writer specializing in national news. I would like to thank him for volunteering and look forward to reading and commenting on his future posts.
Congragulations John!
Congragulations John!
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