Defeat Corzine!
Have we the courage and the will to face up to the immorality and discrimination of the progressive tax? New Jersey now has the worst progressive tax structure in the nation. No wonder so many of our friends and neighbors are leaving New Jersey to places where they can keep the fruits of their labor. Only forty-two years ago New Jersey had no sales tax, no income tax, we had the third lowest property taxes in the country and we led the nation in opportunity. In 1966 they gave us a 3% sales tax and said that would solve what they called the “Property Tax Crisis,” then they raised it to 5% in 1977, 6% in 1983 and finally 7% under Jon Corzine. We now have one of the highest state sales taxes in the nation. In 1976 they pushed through an Income Tax and said that would end the “Property Tax Crisis.” The top rate was 2.5%. Today, we have the worst, most progressive income tax in the nation. And after all this, you and I are saddled with the highest property taxes in America. All because of Trenton’s failed policies. New Jersey’s state government that at one time served the noble purpose of defending individual liberty and prosperity, has morphed into a Central Planners’ fantasy playground. Today, the average taxpayer in New Jersey is paying 54% of their income to the tax collector.
Description The w:Statue of Liberty with w:Bayonne, New Jersey, taken from the w:Staten Island Ferry
