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When he first ran for Governor, Chris Christie promised us a tax cut.
When he ran for re-election, he promised us a tax cut.
When he submitted this year's state budget, he promised "no new taxes on the people of New Jersey."
Lies.
All lies.
We never got our tax cut.
And his budget contains 23 new and increaed "fees," which of course are merely taxes by another name.
Two months ago, Governor Christie proposed a $34.4 billion budget, promising "no new taxes on the people of New Jersey."
Now his administration is detailing nearly two dozen fees and fines that he wants increased — none of which was made public at the time.
The tax policy changes would increase revenue for five different state departments.
They include boosting the $2 fee added to motor vehicle fines to fund the state's forensic DNA lab by 75 cents. The fingerprint fees for non-criminal background checks would go from $30 to $45.
Home improvement contractors would be forced to pay $110 instead of $90 to register with the state, and $90 instead of $75 to renew their registration.
The state's Division Alcoholic Beverage Control, which regulates the sale of alcohol in New Jersey, would also increase fees across the board, according to Christie's proposal.
Assemblyman Joe Cryan, D-Union, walked the treasurer through each proposed fee and fine hike during the Assembly Budget Committee meeting held Wednesday.
"These increases touch on everything from boarding homes to job-creating urban businesses to motor vehicle services to cemeteries to home improvements," Cryan said. "Not much is left untouched, which is unfortunate for New Jersey residents and businesses."
All this to fund the largest budget in state history, with a whopping 3.5% increase in spending over last year. Oh, and by the way, there's an $807 million dollar hole in the current budget, something Christie intends to paper over in the hope none of us will actually notice it.
All told, Chris Christie has increased the budget by over 18% since he took office in 2010 and declared a "fiscal emergency" due to, wait for it, excessive spending.
Time to look in the mirror Chief. We have met the Excessive Spender, and he's
you.
Posted at 10:51 by Chris Wysocki
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