I can't speak for other states, but as far as New Jersey is concerned this is absolute baloney. Sure, the GOP leadership in this state under Governor Whitman did cut state taxes across the board, but they didn't cut a single dime in government spending and basically used state bond issues (which generated enormous fees for their Wall Street backers) to finance massive budget deficits (despite a state law requiring a balanced budget every year).
Here in the New York metro area we may actually witnessing the start of a pretty remarkable trend (Nassau County, NY is a good example of this) -- Democratic governments taking over governments long dominated by the GOP and fixing the fiscal disasters left behind by their predecessors.
"I can't speak for other states, but as far as New Jersey is concerned this is absolute baloney. Sure, the GOP leadership in this state under Governor Whitman did cut state taxes across the board, but they didn't cut a single dime in government spending and basically used state bond issues (which generated enormous fees for their Wall Street backers) to finance massive budget deficits (despite a state law requiring a balanced budget every year)."
Does that mean Forrester will be the same way? No. Forrester actually has staked out a very conservative position on spending and taxation. Forrester was a businessman. He knows how these things work. Whitman was just a hack.