Posted on 03/05/2010 10:42:19 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick
A New Jersey lawmaker introduced legislation Thursday to freeze salaries of state workers for up to three years and keep property taxes at current levels.
Assemblyman Joe Malone, R-Burlington, said the measures would help towns keep property taxes in check and avert teacher layoffs and cuts to education programs. New Jerseyans pay the highest property taxes in the country, averaging $7,300 per household.
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Right, unless they start fixing the pension problem, this effort won’t amount to a hill of beans.
The government pensioners often go out of state too, taking a steady stream of property tax money out of the local economy. About 25% of property taxes just go poof, creating no jobs for young people, nothing locally to show for it.
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