The Newark Star Ledger reports Governor-elect Corzine has put an increase of the NJ state gas tax back on the table as a means to replenish the Transportation Trust Fund. He does so in light of the $5 billion budget gap.
It doesn’t surprise me that he would go back on his word, but he should have been more honest to begin with.
Will he next stop pushing for all the expensive programs he talked about while he was campaigning for office?
Nah, didn’t think so.
But this quote in the last paragraph is promising:
"I would rather see the budget stay where it is or shrink, as opposed to grow in its red ink proportions," he said. Referring to the new spending, he added, "We're not in a mode of where we can afford it right now."
By the way, why is money collected via the gas tax going into the general fund and not the Transportation Trust Fund?
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