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In response to Governor Jon Corzine’s proposed budget cuts that call for a reduction in aid to schools which will result in higher property taxes, Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande today said the governor and his administration should stop playing politics with taxpayers and seriously consider the $1.32 billion in spending cuts Assembly Republicans have been proposing since last year.
“While Governor Corzine has his red pen out, which he should have used when he first stepped into office, it would do him well to put partisan politics aside and implement some of the very responsible and tangible spending cuts Assembly Republicans first proposed before the current budget was developed,” stated Casagrande, R-Monmouth and Mercer.
“Reactive politics is no way to govern,” she continued. “Our families, taxpayers and business owners deserve better. Despite the national recession, had the governor and his predecessors consistently practiced fiscal discipline for the past seven years, New Jersey would have been in a much better position to weather the current economic storm.”
Casagrande noted just a few of the many areas proposed by Assembly Republicans in which the state could make significant spending cuts:
Casagrande said that the proposed cuts, in addition to the Republican’s proposal to overhaul the budget process, reform the pension and benefits system and implement an economic development plan, would go a long way in putting the state back on track to fiscal health.
“These cuts don’t even touch the tip of the iceberg,” said Casagrande. “The point is there are far too many areas in which this state wastes hard-earned taxpayer money and it’s time to knock off the games and gimmicks and get down to doing the people’s business which is to provide safe, efficient, affordable and streamlined government.”
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