By Matt Rooney _ Phil Murphy’s FY 2021 budget “plan” was already detached from fiscal and economic reality before this week’s big “tax deal,” Save Jerseyans. Murph, Sweeney and Coughlin now have a new idea: a millionaire’s tax which, it Read More
By Jean Stanfield _ Two of the most important financial support programs New Jersey provides are the Homestead Benefit and the Senior Freeze. They are also often the first programs governors target with cuts to balance budgets. This year, due Read More
By Matt Rooney _ There won’t be a mulligan on this course, Save Jerseyans. Last week, the United States Golf Association (USGA) announced that it’s picking up its equipment testing center and a number of other corporate offices and moving Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s history of handing out controversial or even suspect tax credits – including to Hollywood – is well-documented in the press. The latest recipient of Trenton’s largesse with taxpayer money is objectionable on an entrely different Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – As if 2020 wasn’t painful enough as-is for Garden State residents, New Jersey’s gas tax is going up 9.3 cents on October 1st. The reason is a familiar one: falling petroleum tax revenue. The 2016 agreement between Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – 2021 Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli says any parent who doesn’t want to send his or her kid to school this fall should get a corresponding school tax break. “If your child isn’t given the opportunity to Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrat Congressman Josh Gottheimer says he’s against a proposed payroll tax cut – part of the larger Washington debate over another stimulus package – in part because it doesn’t directly help the unemployed. The Congressman voiced his Read More
MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Evidence is mounting that New Jersey isn’t spending its gas tax revenue as intended; a recent Reason Foundation analysis discovered that the Garden State diverts 33.9% of its gas tax revenue – $360 million in total – Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s 41.4 cents per gallon gas tax is supposed to improve the states road, highways and bridges, but the results of a new study suggest much of the money isn’t making its way to its intended Read More
