No good news gets dumped on Friday, Save Jerseyans. It’s when politicians bury news they hope taxpayers will miss. This one will be hard to miss if you drive. A short time ago, Governor Chris Christie announced a deal to raise New Jersey’s gas tax by 23-cents. This is the first gas tax hike for New […]
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The minimum wage hike in Washington, D.C, is already devastating employment in the region and is linked to the largest loss of restaurant jobs in the last 15 years. Officials raised the minimum wage in July of 2015 to $10.50 per hour, up from $8.25 since 2014. The Employment Policies Institute revealed in a May […]
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog One week after the Office of Legislative Services released its stunning analysis of the heavy on debt (and tax increases) Oroho-Sarlo tax hike plan, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is weighing in and slamming the State Senate’s preferred resolution to the TTF standoff. “In the current fiscal year, […]
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick (R-21) and Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-26) issued a release on Friday afternoon calling on the Democrat-run Legislature to hold a special session to resolve the indefinitely postponed replenishment debate over the Transportation Trust Fund. “This is a serious issue and we need to […]
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Jennifer Beck, who represents New Jersey’s 11th Legislative District in the State Senate, is one of the few Republican voices taking a firm “NO” position against a gas tax hike, Save Jerseyans. Beck and dozens of tax hike opponents gathered at the Tinton Falls Municipal Building on […]
By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog Labor union muscle is at the heart of the South Jersey Democrat Machine’s ability to project electoral power, Save Jerseyans, but when “red” district Democrats need to cast superficially-dissenting votes to save their own skin, things can get awkward. Consider the new Engineers Labor-Employer Cooperative 825 ad […]
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog No matter how many examples we serve up of workers being hurt by the $15 minimum wage push around the country, Save Jerseyans, the morons in Trenton continue to forge ahead. It ain’t about what works; they’re only interested in serving the union bosses who bankroll them […]
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By The Staff | The Save Jersey Blog New Jersey is one of only two states to hit its residents with both an estate tax AND a separate inheritance tax, Save Jerseyans. It’s amazing anyone stays. After all, people are quite literally dying to leave! Our question for you: as bipartisan support builds for an […]
By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog You may’ve missed it with everything going on in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Save Jerseyans. That was probably part of the plan. The Trenton Democrats dropped their $15 per hour minimum wage hike game plan which will be a coordinated state and federal effort. Specifically, while Donald Norcross […]
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By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog You may have missed this on Thursday ’cause I did, Save Jerseyans, but Governor Chris Christie made a little bit of news on the Granite State campaign trail. “I’ll tell you what I’m not going to do, I’m not going to increase the gas tax while you’re […]
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By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog If you STILL don’t know or understand why New Jersey is almost irreparably screwed up, and a strengthened Democrat legislative majority is only going to make it worse, all you need to do is check out this quote from a celebratory Speaker Vince Prieto over on NJ.com. He’s moving full-steam-ahead on the gas […]
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By Cody McLaughlin | The Save Jersey Blog I don’t get it, Save Jerseyans. As if we needed another example of Democrat hypocrisy, here we are… again. On July 1st, while you were getting ready for a long weekend, New Jersey’s Assembly Democrats joined Mayor Steve Fulop in launching an overt protest of the impending 9-cent rate hikes for NJ […]
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By Bill Spadea “We broke it; don’t know how to fix it and you are just gonna have to keep paying for it.” – May have been overheard at the State House in Trenton. The proponents of the gas tax will tell you that the Transportation Trust Fund is separate from the general fund and […]
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By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog We’re going to get what could be Governor Chris Christie’s last (or second-to-last) budget address next Tuesday, Save Jerseyans, depending of course upon how deep he makes it into the 2016 GOP primary sweepstakes. You know my take: I don’t think he’s going to last very long […]
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By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog Today’s the day, Save Jerseyans. A 78-year old tradition, the “Walk to Washington” sponsored by New Jersey’s Chamber of Commerce is a premiere political event for people who keep track of such things. It features Trenton’s elite navigating the crowded aisles of a southbound train to Washington, D.C. where lobbyists, […]
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By Matt Rooney | The Save Jersey Blog As Trenton Democrats and some Republicans, too, continue to weigh increasing the state gas tax to shore up the transportation trust fund, down-ballot Republicans are beginning to do what we’ve been advocating for months, Save Jerseyans: running AGAINST the gas tax. Among those higher-profile candidates who appreciate […]
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