It's a great ad, and it is 100% the truth. Menendez
did have sex with underage prostitutes. Some might even call that rape (I sure would).
Still, millions in NJ will vote for him.
One of the most powerful voting blocks in NJ is public employees, especially the teachers. This is NOT a slam against all educators, many of whom are great people, but the teachers in NJ are some of the most arrogant and entitled in the nation.
Property taxes in NJ are a crime against the citizens, and the majority of those taxes go to schools, and a huge chunk of those go to salaries and benefits.
NJ public pensions are an economic time bomb, and will bankrupt the state in a very short time if nothing is done.
Sounds like Pennsylvania. Same (bad) deal. We are currently in a fight to work up the votes to pass Pa HouseBill/Senate Bill 76 - which would completely eliminate school property taxes in Pennsylvania. The PSEA (Pa State Teachers Assoc) owns many of our legislators. It doesn’t matter to them that many people lose their homes to tax sale every year!
I’ve consistently seen numbers over 70% for percentage spent on schools here in NJ for many years - even leftist outlets used it. Don’t know why it is shown so low on that graph. With the 2% cap on increases for many years, the municipal portion decreased as teachers still got 4%+ increases each year - and the effects are visible: horrible roads, “stop” signs with branches obstructing them, etc.; those workers have a weaker union.