To raise revenues and balance the budget, I propose we lower the sales tax to 5% and cut spending. It will work.
I grew up on Long Island, NY. I have memories that NJ had no or at least a very low sales tax. Am I wrong? Actually, 6% is not outrageously high, compared to the rest of the Country. Of course, it's alot compared to NO SALES TAX! Explain this to me.
"She couldn't tell from sitting inside the vehicle if the lights were on." -- Zulima Farber spokesman David Wald, on whether the Attorney General's state car, driven by a State Trooper, "bypassed traffic using emergency lights" to speed to Fairview, where here live-in boyfriend was facing tickets for driving without a license and driving an uninsured vehicle. (The Record, 07/06/06)