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Kelly, Don't worry about it ! We have a New Governor! He's a Republican. Wealth will now flow again back to NJ. Just like Wealth flowed to America in the last 8 years of fellow Republican President George W. Bush. Governor Christie is also a true conservative. He was even endorsed by no other than the honorable President George W. Bush.
You can expect much lower property taxes soon.
You can expect lots of Tax cuts for all of us hardworking jerseyans because we now have a Republican in office.
You can expect a New Boom in the NJ Job Market because we have a Republican as Governor.
You can expect an End to Corruption in New Jersey because a republican is now Governor.
Be Happy ! If you were happy, satisfied, thankful for the Last 8 years of our beloved Republican President George W. Bush- then, you will also be happy with our beloved new Republican Governor Chris Christie.
Again, we do not need tourism & farmland. Our Tax cuts will take care of that.
Look we Republicans controlled Congress for 12 of the last 14 years. We controlled the Presidency for the past 8 years. we can all agree- It has been the Most Prosperous, Peaceful time in American history.
If we could just have the Republican Party control of Governorship for FOREVER, NJ would Never have to worry about wealth.
If John McCain won & continued the programs of George W. Bush- We would all be enjoying a wealthy # 1 nation.
Don't worry.
Republicans are now in charge. Just like Bush took good care of our nation's Economic interest.
I love nj but to retire there is almost impossible .I lived in nj for 50 years and had a house in Edison a half acre house 24 years old and taxes 9 thousand a year and auto insurance was another 3 thousand for 2 cars and my husband worked for ford motor company for 32 years and retired when it closed and we sold and moved to va and had 2500 sq. ft house built on three acres and it cost 98 thousand and our taxes are 800 hundred a year and car insurance is 600 a year .I still love NJ but cannot afford to retire there and not many people can and not have to work .The only thing down here is that you pay 3 percent tax on your food and clothes and in NJ the sales tax may be higher but clothes and food are not taxed .My husband and I saved long and hard for our dream and we both worked and raised 2 great sons there .Do not put people down for what they may have to do to survive these days , because some day you will be wearing those shoes too. New Jersey is still the garden state .Love anyplace you may live because you are free to do so .
I love nj but to retire there is almost impossible .I lived in nj for 50 years and had a house in Edison a half acre house 24 years old and taxes 9 thousand a year and auto insurance was another 3 thousand for 2 cars and my husband worked for ford motor company for 32 years and retired when it closed and we sold and moved to va and had 2500 sq. ft house built on three acres and it cost 98 thousand and our taxes are 800 hundred a year and car insurance is 600 a year .I still love NJ but cannot afford to retire there and not many people can and not have to work .The only thing down here is that you pay 3 percent tax on your food and clothes and in NJ the sales tax may be higher but clothes and food are not taxed .My husband and I saved long and hard for our dream and we both worked and raised 2 great sons there .Do not put people down for what they may have to do to survive these days , because some day you will be wearing those shoes too. New Jersey is still the garden state .Love anyplace you may live because you are free to do so .
Your story is all too common here in NJ, which is why NJ is one of the top states in the country for out migration.
NJ grew and became prosperous faster than any other state, more so than NY and PA (excluding NYC/Philly)... NJ has a "bleak" future, but our historic growth is beyond bleak when most states were bleak.
Besides, we have the 2nd largest port in the nation, we hold a lot of the cranberry, raspberry, and tomato agriculture, and we have plenty of room to grow (NWNJ, SWNJ) but frankly, I can care less if NWNJ and NWNJ saw major growth anytime soon.
NJ grew and became prosperous faster than any other state, more so than NY and PA (excluding NYC/Philly)... NJ has a "bleak" future, but our historic growth is beyond bleak when most states were bleak.
Besides, we have the 2nd largest port in the nation, we hold a lot of the cranberry, raspberry, and tomato agriculture, and we have plenty of room to grow (NWNJ, SWNJ) but frankly, I can care less if NWNJ and NWNJ saw major growth anytime soon.
Actually we're also like 2nd in Peach growing and grow more than Georgia the peach state! But my point is that there are lots of states that if they wanted to grow more peaches than us they could because they have more land to farm and more good weather in the whole year. So I am saying that in the long term probably not in most of our lifetimes, eventually NJ will become a quaint little-old-lady of a state with rich history and cute and petite but not a big player like we've been most of our history. We'll be like an entire state equivalent to some quaint New England town, not poor, but not the important powerhouse we once were. Like Lexington Mass., it was once a huge important place in our history and a real big deal but now it's just this quaint place, not poor and not destitute but just not a big deal. Or like Philly which was once the capital of the US but now they don't even get recognized as a top 10 city even though they are, because people see philly as a quaint little old lady of a city with it Bell and Indy Hall and doiles that you can't touch and grandma's famous cheese-steaks.
NJ was on the list today for states in trouble because they spend more than they bring in on taxes and they say it is from past governors that put it in trouble .Pry for me I moved to VA and we now have NJ 's governor KAINE AS OUR GOVERNOR now and where will he go next .
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