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Dude, where's my property tax cap?

Well, that didn't take long.

The ink was barely dry on Governor Christie's vaunted 2% property tax cap before the other shoe dropped. State officials announced yesterday that health care costs for towns enrolled in the state's plan will likely rise by about 12 percent next year.

Health care costs are one of the 4 "exceptions" to the cap, and towns will be allowed to pass the increases along via higher taxes.

Higher taxes which will almost certainly exceed the 2% cap.

No Mr. Dressel. This is a "poster child example" of why government is not sensitive to the fiscal realities of the day.

Allow me to introduce you to real reality. The taxpayers are unable to continue funding the ever increasing cost of government. We don't care what the cost drivers are; we want you to contain your costs.

Live within your means. If the cost of something you deem important goes up, cut another area deeper.

When my boss hands out a 2% raise but my health insurance premiums go up 12% I can't very well turn around and tell him to give me more money to cover the difference. No, I'm stuck cutting my budget elsewhere. If it means that I have to learn to like Hamburger Helper, so be it.

Contrary to what you government folks think, tax dollars do not grow on trees, nor do they fall from the sky whenever you command it. They come out of the pockets of real people who are struggling day and night to make ends meet. Every dollar you take from us is one less dollar we have to support our families.

So here's what you have to do. Find a cheaper health plan. Or tell the public employee unions the increase is coming out of their hides, not ours. Or take the money to fund your Cadillac plan out of some other government program. God knows you've got enough of them, there has to be one or two that aren't really necessary.

That my friend is the fiscal reality of the day.

Posted at 09:51 by Chris Wysocki   [/nj_politics]   Comments | Archived | Perm Link |
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