[wagglebee]

If the casinos shut down, the state would lose an estimated $2 million in tax revenue each day they stayed closed. Republican Assemblyman Francis Blee, whose district includes the casinos, said it was important for them to remain open.

Corzine is a moron.

[mware]

Oh my God, the deer hunters in South Jersey are going to be finding more skeletons than normal in the Pine Barrens this winter.

[SierraWasp]

Like the Berkeley protestor from the 1960's... "BRING IT ALL DOWN, MAN!!!"

[mware]

NJ Pings. Corzine screwed the pooch on this one.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Pass the popcorn...

[river rat]

"Corzine is a moron."

That was previously known....he is a DEMOCRAT.

Semper Fi

[mware]

LOL, we need a new slogan for NJ.

New Jersey, No beaches,no parks,no campgrounds,no lottery, no casinos,no race tracks, but hey we still get to pay tolls.

[Rokke]

All over NYC, Philadelphia and Trenton, little old ladies are clutching their hearts and their cartons of cigarettes and hoping this is just some kind of sick rumor.

[ncountylee]

About 45,000 state employees were furloughed Saturday. Corzine's order allows him to keep 36,000 state employees working without pay.

Once settled all these employees will be paid even if they didn't work, I'd wager.

[nmh]

He's playing hard arse!

Frankly I don't care how long government shuts down.

In fact I think TAX PAYERS should get REFUNDS for the SHUTDOWN when this monstrosity called "government" starts up again.

Corzine is just looking for attention and wants to be n the headlines as the "big man". In reality he is just another demoncrat having a hissy fit in NOT getting his 7% sales tax to FUND MORE SOCIAL PROGRAMS.

[LdSentinal]

Will Jim McGreevey srill have access to the rest stop bathrooms along the NJ Turnpike?

[Gay State Conservative]

Who controls the State Legislature? Is it safe to assume the the democRATS do?

[Bob]

Let me see if I've got this right -- You're in the red on your budget so you close down the lottery and the casinos, two of the things in the state that bring in money?? (I also think they're going to lose a lot more tax income than just the direct taxes on the casinos. I'd expect that a lot of hotels, restaurants, and other tourist spots will lose business with the casinos closed.)

[balch3]

excellent. The scourge of gambling needs to be stopped. If it takes a budget crisis, so be it.

[AD from SpringBay]

What?! A state government has shut down all nonessential government work?! NO CASINOS!!!! SHRIEK!!! The horror - the horror - man the lifeboats - women and indians first!

Good thing Corzine is a democrat, otherwise he'd be blamed by the national media. But because he is a democrat, we'll have to logon to Freerepublic to hear about it.

[Petronski]

If the casinos shut down, the state would lose an estimated $2 million in tax revenue each day they stayed closed. Republican Assemblyman Francis Blee, whose district includes the casinos, said it was important for them to remain open.

"We will have tens of thousands of individuals, real people, that are going to be hurt by this," he said. "There will be bread-winners who are not bringing home a paycheck."

Let them eat cake! Emperor Jon has a point to make. And hard-earned money to take, through the taxes he'll rake.

[Tribune7]

Life is good.

[sgtbono2002]

The article states that if the casino's are shut down they would lose 2 million a day in tax money.

The state requires monitors.

In fact if the state allows them to stay open New jersey may take in 3 million dollars a day, since their monitors wont be skimming. LMAO.

[Raycpa]

This should help the GOP in November.

[oceanview]

it will never happen, there will be a deal made, these casinos will never close.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

This is not good. The casinos were probably the cleanest businesses in Jersey.