Posted on 07/05/2006 8:53:57 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
I certainly will...thanks on her behalf...
L0L
Liberals define ALL people as little kids with only them as having the ability to act wisely.
Hmmm...What's the present?
The NYT could justify some of it's earlier revelations by playing on the nations fear of domestic wiretapping, eavesdropping, or torture.
This story had none of that. It was a legal program, congress was fully briefed on it, it was effective, and it dealt exclusively with international wire transfers of funds. Even a doofus understands that this story only helped the NYT and terrorists.
Publishing this story was indefensible, and even political neophytes will begin to question NYT motives. That is the best thing that could happen. This puts them on the defensive, and on the airways trying to explain why they are not terror sympathizers.
I'll bet that put a crimp in your Independence Day celebration.
Just called Corzine's office, left a message with secretary, "Tell the jackass to open the state back up!"
New Jersey added 59,400 state and local-government jobs in the first half of this decade, even as private-sector employment was flat, a Star-Ledger analysis has found. The 11 percent increase in government jobs -- driven largely by ballooning education payrolls -- outpaced population growth and came at a time of rising anger over skyrocketing property taxes.
"It's an incredible number that leaves private businessmen and taxpayers scratching their heads and saying, 'How is this possible?'" said Philip Kirschner, president of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association. "The economy is the same for all of us, so where are the public entities getting the money? We all know the answer to that question."
It is a basic rule of economics that private-sector jobs pay the bills that government jobs produce, which explains why New Jersey is suffering from huge budget gaps and soaring property taxes, experts said. In 2005, there were almost 580,000 state and local-government jobs. "It's probably the best indicator of why we have a property tax problem," said James Hughes, a Rutgers University dean who often writes about the regional economy. "It relates to the expenditure side of the equation."
The issue of taxation -- and voter anger -- will be center stage this week in Trenton, as lawmakers and Gov. Jon Corzine wrestle over the best way to balance the budget. It also will be the subject of a summer session targeting rising property taxes. Senate President Richard Codey (D-Essex) and Minority Leader Leonard Lance (R-Hunterdon) have both said there must be a focus on cutting budgets, and neither said he was surprised to hear the public-sector growth statistics, which are reported by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
NJ probably overtaxes it's lobster...I was introduced early (at 9) so I love it. My wife only had Pacific Rock lobster before she came the USA and didn't think she'd like it but I surprised her and she really does...
Yes it was my ping to me for lunch.
My link at #127 is the FR discussion of the HotAir video.
100% true that! NJ should be a haven for all that is good and wonderful about the liberal ideals. Te state is shut down and taxes will be raised. Excuse my cynicism, but I don't think Dems will pay a price. NJ always has a chance to change and they vote for the same people causing the same problems.
I have the perfect solution: Have the casino pay the inspector for a competitor. That way, they will operate 100% "within the law"...ahem.
My mistake
I suggest all NJ politicians take a 10% pay cut to help out, and that their pay be stopped completely until they do their jobs and cut state spending.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
I was happy to participate.
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