Budget Crisis? State Cuts Jobs While Municipalities Add Positions

We found out yesterday that New Jersey’s unemployment rate climbed from 9.2% to 9.3% last month. 391,400 are still out there looking for work. Granted, if President Obama’s post-recession recovery rate matched Ronald Reagan’s, we’d have 15.7 million more employed Americans today. But unfortunately Ronald Reagan isn’t president, Save Jerseyans. It’s a fact we live with every day!

The weird part about these new numbers? Private sector employers added 3,000 positions. Local governments are hiring, too:

“While local governments hired 1,600 people, 600 jobs were lost in the state government.”

It’s well-established that official jobless numbers usually lowball the real unemployment picture because many workers throw in the towel as the economy stagnates.

What I can’t understand is the rationale for a municipality to add to its payroll right now when most towns are raising property taxes. 1,600 jobs works out to about 2.8 new employees per town. We have Democrats like Lou Greenwald agitating for new local taxation powers. Why, Assemblyman? So they can hire more dog license distributors and playground hedge trimmers?

The Governor’s toolkit and newly-unveiled education reforms could make a difference if the Legislature would stop politicking and start governing. In the meantime (which could be awhile, thanks to the new reapportionment map), every New Jersey taxpayer should scrutinize their municipal government and regional school board. There’s NO EXC– USE to grow local government when your family is struggling. We’ll get a chance to hold school board members accountable on April 27th. The rest will have to wait for November.

Brian McGovern
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Brian McGovern wears many hats these days including Voorhees Township GOP Municipal Chairman, South Jersey attorney, and co-owner of the Republican campaign consulting firm Exit 3 Strategies, Inc.

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  1. Municipalities add jobs to add to their payroll which in turn, strengthens their vote come time for re-election. It's all about patronage. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. It's also an excuse for the Governor's detractors to raise taxes on the local level and blame him for it as a result of his cuts on the state level.

    This is why I've pretty much turned my back on politics altogether.

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