Taxes

March 11, 2007 - 10:14pm

Property tax relief won't work

When the Legislature passed the Property Tax relief legislation it enacted about half of the 98 recomendations made by the four special legislative committees this past summer and fall. So that's forty odd reasons to believe that property taxes will decline. I've got one reason to suggest that they won't. 

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Glading Announces Support for SAFE Commission Act in Congress

Release Date: Sep 26 2008

Glading Announces Support for
SAFE Commission Act in Congress

Congressional candidate says bipartisan bill
to establish an independent financial oversight
commission is good for country

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Jersey’s 1st District, announced today his support for H.R. 3654, the SAFE Commission Act. Introduced by U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), the SAFE Commission Act would “establish a commission to develop legislation designed to reform tax policy and entitlement benefit programs and ensure a sound fiscal future for the United States.”

The SAFE Commission Act currently has 111 cosponsors in the House, including members of both parties. The incumbent in New Jersey’s 1st District, Rob Andrews, is not a cosponsor of the bill.

“Unfortunately, too many of the career politicians down in Washington are concerned only with getting re-elected and ‘bringing home the bacon,’ rather than showing real leadership for the future of our country,” Glading said. “Because those career politicians are so unduly influenced by special interests and lobbyists, we must establish a commission of experts that will determine the best approach for tackling our future tax and entitlement crises. Our children and our grandchildren deserve no less.”

“We have seen with the recent financial collapse that many in Congress cannot be trusted to do what is best for the country when forced to choose between that and the lure of campaign contributions,” Glading continued. “Mr. Andrews voted for the 1999 bill that deregulated the banking industry and allowed for this financial collapse to occur. In exchange, he received more than $1.3 million in campaign contributions from financial industry sources.”

“Rob Andrews took the money and left the rest of us – the taxpayers – holding the bag,” Glading concluded. “We must not allow this to happen again. Implementing the SAFE Commission Act and sending an honest representative down to Washington are two key steps to bringing real reform to the people of South Jersey.”

Americans for Prosperity demands Roberts back up "Clean" Election Claims

Release Date: Aug 7 2008

Trenton – Americans for Prosperity, New Jersey's largest and fastest growing taxpayer advocacy organization, filed an Open Public Records Act request seeking detailed information to support claims made by the office of Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts, Jr., about how a program to use taxpayers’ money to fund political campaigns was created.

OROHO, McHOSE, AND CHIUSANO: HIGHLANDS PLAN TRAMPLES RIGHTS OF LANDOWNERS

Release Date: Jul 17 2008

Highlands plan includes nothing to compensate landowners who will see property values plummet. It's unfair that local landowners are being asked to bear a burden that should be carried by the entire state.

July 16, 2008 - 10:05am

The Left Marches On Part 10: A Lesson in Marxism

“Capitalism is responsible for the current food crisis and starvation around the world,” the voice on the radio said. “Attend our Introduction to Marxism conference this Friday and learn about the merits of Marxism.” Driving up the New Jersey Turnpike, I was shocked to hear this commercial on a popular radio station, though I shouldn’t be. The Left is on the march and more emboldened than ever. So, like any good capitalist wanting to learn what the radical left is up to, I registered.

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July 2, 2008 - 11:18am

A Meaningless Budget

The 2009 New Jersey State Budget  is not the stunning tribute to sound fiscal policy The Trenton insiders  would have you believe, but just a shallow campaign scam that reeks of political showmanship, while failing to address the state’s dire financial woes.

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June 11, 2008 - 10:14pm

Welfare for Politicians

Last fall, the state conducted its second “Fair and Clean Elections Pilot Project” which included state Senate and Assembly races in legislative districts 14, 24, and 37. The first pilot project took place in 2005 and included assembly races in two legislative districts –the 6th and 13th. This month, the legislature will consider a bill expanding this taxpayer subsidized political campaign scam far beyond its current level, which cost taxpayers over $4 Million in 2007 -- including $625,000 for one candidate alone.

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MARKS FOR CONGRESS - MARKS CALLS FOR STRONGER LAWS TO CURB ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Release Date: Apr 1 2008

Marks Calls for Stronger Laws to Curb Illegal Immigration

March 29, 2008 - 11:23pm

Trenton Central Planners on Overdrive

Trenton’s legislating machine is running in over-drive. The radicals who are running the engine of big government have opened the throttle of central planning and are bent on ramming through their agenda, regardless of disturbing economic indicators, skyrocketing taxes and the evacuation of job producing taxpayers.

The Swedish-style Paid Family Leave scheme is being railroaded through the legislature, despite its destructive effect on the state’s small business community.

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VENIS FOR CONGRESS - VENIS SUPPORTS EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT

Release Date: Mar 20 2008

 Venis Supports Employee Free Choice Act

American workers deserve better wages, benefits and working conditions

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