A Message from NJGOP Chair Tom Wilson

Tomorrow the legislature will vote on the Democrat’s budget.


Now our state government spends more than $10 billion of taxpayer's money than it did just five years ago. That’s an increase of $1,000 for every man, woman in child in the state!!!

It really is unbelievable that Jon Corzine and the Democrats can't find a single cent to cut. Instead they are proposing increasing spending to a record level of $33.5 billion dollars with another $300 million in political pork.

The Democrat’s budget is a slap in the face to every family that stays up late at night wondering how to make ends meet and put something away for the future. This budget does nothing to provide sustainable tax relief. This budget does nothing to stimulate the economy. This budget lacks any sort of bold vision or significant course correction that New Jersey so desperately needs.

Rather than providing sustainable property tax relief to everyone, the Democrats decided to fund more frivolous programs for such illustrious things as a subsidization of the Newark Bears baseball team and Oyster Research Development.

Just take a look at their record…

Democrat’s Record By The Numbers

$33.5 Billion - This year's Budget Spending.

$300 Million - New political pork

$10 Billion or 45% - The amount government spends more than it did just five years ago.

$1,000 - The increased amount every man, woman and child in the state have to pay for the Democrat’s increased spending.

94 - The number of new taxes imposed by the Democrats in the last five years.

$6.2 billion- The amount of new revenue generated by the taxes enacted by the Democrats.
People want a change. They are sick and tired of seeing the Democrat majority do nothing to reform property taxes, do nothing to cut waste out of the budget, and do nothing to confront the seemingly endless parade of politicians being indicted for lining their pockets with taxpayer money.

That’s why Republicans in the legislature are fighting to cut wasteful spending and unnecessary spending by $1.5 billion and redirect those funds to additional property tax relief and school aid.

Republican’s Solution To Make NJ Affordable Again

$1.5 Billion - The amount wasteful spending identified and proposed by Republicans to be cut to fund additional property tax relief and school funding.

$0- The amount of political pork Republicans propose in this year’s budget.

$300 million - The amount of increased funding proposed by Republicans for suburban school districts.

$1 Billion - The amount of additional direct property tax relief proposed by the Republicans to provide a 30 percent property tax cut for all seniors and families earning less than $200,000 and a 20% cut to all taxpayers.
The contrast couldn’t be any starker between the Democrat’s reckless taxation and wasteful spending versus our party’s plan to put common sense and fiscal accountability back in the management of state finances.

That is why we need you. I need your help to get the Republican Party’s positive message out to those who might not have heard it. People won’t always take in a political speech or a piece of glossy election mail, but they will listen to a friend, a family member, or a neighbor. They will listen to you. Together, we can reach out to our friends, our family and our neighbors.



Sincerely,



Tom Wilson