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Posted By Radiofreeeuropa 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
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Republican ads targeting New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine contain a few misleading claims.

One ad suggests that Corzine is responsible for New Jersey's business climate being "among the worst in the nation." But the survey cited as the source of the claim shows that the perception of New Jersey's business climate has improved under Corzine.

The same ad also suggests that it's Corzine's fault that "unemployment is up 73 percent" in the state. But the state's unemployment rate has actually risen by a smaller percentage than the nation's over the same recession-plagued time period.

The other ad says Corzine "told us that he wouldn't raise taxes," then went and did so. But during his campaign, Corzine refused to take a no-tax pledge and left himself an out, saying, "We're not raising taxes unless we're absolutely pushed up against the wall."

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    Radiofreeeuropa5 months, 1 week ago

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    Cristi has promised to sugar coat the moon and eat it for breakfast. He has made NO explanation of just how for instance he plans to pay for his promised tax cuts. (In the past, Governors swept these problems under the rug for the next Governor to deal with, and they would do the same thing...hide the problem. Corzine tried to actually deal with it.

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      beavith15 months, 1 week ago

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      by raising taxes even more?

      NJ and CA are in a dead heat race to see who can have a more f'd up budget, although NH (groan) is trying its darndest to get into the race.

      NJ used to be a low tax state. not anymore. as CA, its exactly how not to run a state, or worse, exactly how to run a state into the ground.

      as Yoda said: 'there is only do. or do not. there is no try.'

      the solution is to cut like a bastid. cut expenditure and cut expectation of, literally, a nanny state.

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