TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican budget officer John DiMaio criticized the Democrat legislature’s $38.7 billion FY2020 budget on Thursday, comparing the Democrats’ internal debate to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. While Democrats rejected tax and fee increases demanded by Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Spending more tax dollars is bad enough. Lying about how much more he’s spending? That’s worse. _ Assemblyman John DiMaio – the GOP budget officer – breaks down his beef with Governor Phil Murphy’s FY 2020 math Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Did your legislators protect your tax dollars during the 2018-2019 legislative session? Our friends at Americans for Prosperity-New Jersey released their annual taxpayer scorecard on Friday morning. _ “It is no secret that New Jersey’s fiscal house Read More
By The Staff _ More taxes and more spending appear to be on the menu for Governor Phil Murphy’s second budget speech, one which will assuredly attack criticism from Republicans, business groups, and an increasingly hostile legislative Democrat majority aligned Read More
TRENTON, N.J. – Governor Phil Murphy will deliver his second budget address next Tuesday, March 5th. Last year? He raised taxes $1.5 billion and spending $2.7 billion (an 8% increase). What should we look forward to hearing this year? And Read More
By The Staff _ The popular left-of-center education watchdog blog NJ Left Behind published an informative and eye-opening post on Tuesday, Save Jerseyans, analyzing the latest-available information on the spending of the notorious New Jersey Education Association (NJEA). Any taxpayer Read More
TRENTON, N.J. — Pew Charitable Trusts took a look at the budget practices of all 50 U.S. states over the course of the last 15 years and, to the surprise of no one, Save Jerseyans, New Jersey once again found itself Read More
By Christopher P. DePhillips _ For eight years towns have been subject to a 2 percent cap on property tax growth, and without a doubt that has made the state more affordable than it would have been. Before the two 2 Read More
By Matt Rooney _ There’s a new study out which you may’ve seen or heard about in the news, Save Jerseyans, trumpeting New Jersey’s public schools as the second best in the nation. I have my issues with the methodology Read More
