Looks like the BTK killer.
1 Between 1940 and 2005 NJ population growth was 175%. Gov't employee growth however was over 2000%. Or, over 10 times the growth of population.
2 Gov't (State) employees now number 86,000 in NJ complete with lifetime pension, health, etc. Add county and municipal employee lifetime pension, health, and the number rise to 565,000 people the taxpayers must subsidize a lifetime through taxes.
3 In 2000-2002 recession, revenues from taxes declined 23%. However Gov't spending increased 23% in the same timeframe.
4 The 2007 budget despite a $4.5 B deficit includes another new 1,300 State Gov't employees.
5 Since 2002, New Jersey has enacted $8.7 billion in tax hikes, and the average taxpayer is paying $924 more in annual state taxes than in 2001 -- more than five times the national average. Over that same period, the state budget has grown by approximately $5 billion.
6 Last year, New Jersey’s budget was $4.5 billion higher than neighboring Pennsylvania, although Pennsylvania has 3.7 million more residents. Corzine is claiming that New Jersey residents must shoulder a heavier tax burden to eliminate the state budget deficit, his budget would actually increase spending by $2.6 billion"