tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post3420949384113388664..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: News and Notes and Curlin!Alan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-48137135210757404992008-02-29T12:23:00.000-05:002008-02-29T12:23:00.000-05:00Second anonymous - I guess you don't understand ho...Second anonymous - I guess you don't understand how many billions have been thrown down the ratholes of Newark, Trenton, Jersey City, etc. Get my point. It costs almost 18k per year to educate a child in Newark. Do you think this is working ? Look at the test scores. This money is used to buy the votes of the non-producers who inhabit the NJ cities that vote Democratic. NJ has the highest per capita tax rate in the country. Of course this only applies to those who pay taxes.<BR/><BR/>Explain this to me - why are there 81 state workers per square mile in NJ ? Why is the budget of Pa 5 billion less ?<BR/><BR/>You sound like a tax and spend socialist (democrat).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-83946035954767137142008-02-29T11:06:00.000-05:002008-02-29T11:06:00.000-05:00Of course, first Anonymous, you do understand that...Of course, first Anonymous, you do understand that costs increase every year---especially with little or no help coming from the equally broke federal government---so not increasing the budget is the same as a drastic cut. You probably don't understand that, but those are the financial facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-2388822100620989972008-02-29T08:50:00.000-05:002008-02-29T08:50:00.000-05:00The NJ Casino's own several Trenton legislators. ...The NJ Casino's own several Trenton legislators. You will never see slots at Freehold or the Big M. Corzine did not cut the budget - it is the same as last year. In fact the NJ budget is 5 billion more than Pennsylvania's. The budget problem lies with the fact that the aid to municipalities and school funding for the 40 poorist districts has grown to a point that it consumes the majority of the spending. The people that live in these cities vote democratic so the funding will never be cut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com