That’s the claim today from the rival campaign of Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, Save Jerseyans, and in light of this week’s single-payer revelation?
It’s believable. This is math. The numbers say what they say.
You can click here to review the campaign’s cost estimate of promises made by Phil Murphy (D-Goldman Sachs)… and remember that it’s only July. Plenty of time for him to come up with new goodies.
Charts, however, are always more fun:
Single-Payer Healthcare
Cost: $68.5 billion
Pre-K To All Families
Cost: $600 million – $2 billion
Increase K-12 Education Spending
Cost: $1 billion
Increase Higher Education Spending
Cost: More than $430 million
Forgive Student Loan Debt
Cost: unknown
Tax Credits For Affordable Housing
Cost: $466 million
Increase Affordable Housing Funding
Cost: $23 million
Create A New Public Bank
Cost: unknown
Expand Earned Income Tax Credit
Cost: $70 million
Update Government Technology
Cost: Over $100 million
Emergency NJ Transit Funding
Cost: $300 million – $400 million
Fully Fund Pensions
Cost: $2.5 billion
Make New Jersey A Sanctuary State
Cost: unknown
Opioid TV Commercials… Starring Phil Murphy?
Cost: $15 million
Increase Open Space Funding
Cost: $20 million
Other Murphy Proposals
Cost: unknown
Other Murphy Proposals:
“Providing student loan relief for STEM employees and incentivizing employer matches” (Murphy4NJ.com)
Creating a new state retirement plan for businesses (Murphy4NJ.com)
“repurposing foreclosed properties as affordable housing”(Murphy4NJ.com)
“Increase state funding for research and development”(Murphy4NJ.com)
“Provide affordable, high-speed internet for all New Jerseyans and configure public spaces to be digitally and universally accessible” (Murphy4NJ.com)
MATT ROONEY is SaveJersey.com's founder and editor-in-chief, a practicing New Jersey attorney, and the host of 'The Matt Rooney Show' on 1210 WPHT every Sunday evening from 7-10PM EST.
