Save Jersey’s WEEK IN REVIEW, ObamaCare/State Budget Edition (6/25/12 – 7/1/12)

For Monday, June 25th through Sunday, July 1st 2012

*** TRENTON ADOPTS FISCAL YEAR 2013 STATE BUDGET ***

• @GovChristie signs bill with $31.7 billion price tag… 3rd largest in state history, representing a $2B increase over last fiscal year.

• No tax cut? No problem… and no vacation! Governor Christie calls for legislative special session on Monday at 11:00 a.m.

• GALLAGHER: The Return of Corzine Democrats… and Whitman Republicans

• ROONEY #1: Don’t abandon fiscal conservatism for “starve the beast”-ism, Mr. Governor!

• ROONEY #2: tax cuts paid for with borrowing are loans, not tax cuts!

• “Jersey Joe” explains how the budget busted…

• Visit our complete state budget archives for more…

*** OBAMACARE DECISION FALLOUT ***

• SUPREMES UPHOLD OBAMACARE UNDER TAXING POWER, 5-4 (PDF)

• The Alito-Kennedy-Scalia-Thomas Dissent: “Judicial tax-writing is particularly troubling…”

• McGOVERN: Did Roberts really do more good than harm by reining in future Commerce Clause abuse?

• …but will the Chief Justice remain on Mitt Romney’s campaign website?

• @GovChristie: “we always knew it was a tax!”

• Kyrillos doubles-down on tax retort (VIDEO)

• FLETCHER: Runyan slams ObamaCare decision; Adler says nothing? Or is silence consent?

• LoBiondo says legislations contradicts our founders’ principles…

• Asm. Simon says our healthcare system is still broken…

*** BIG WEEK FOR EDUCATION “REFORM” (a.k.a. SPENDING) ***

• Heavily-modified Rut-Row bill reaches Governor’s desk (including some of Brian McGovern’s suggestions?)

• MULRANEY: Government is responsible for soaring tuition costs!

• …yet Weinberg (D-USSR) complains it’s not enough!

• ROONEY #1: New tenure bill is tokenism at its worst!

• ROONEY #2: Crappy tenure bill is an admission that privatization is the only answer…

*** Save Jersey’s POLITICAL GRAB BAG ***

• Long clean-up ahead for storm-ravaged Atlantic County (VIDEO)

• McGOVERN: DNC convention woes signal deeper problems…

• Kyrillos continues summertime jobs tour across Garden State

• …launches “cheap talk Bob” website.

• LaMARCA: legalized pot comes with unintended problems…

• More surrender abroad instigated by the Obama Administration

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