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Another dubious distinction for New Jersey

15 Jul

Guess what they all have in common?

“America is facing an infrastructure crisis. CNBC reveals which states have the worst roads, bridges, ports, airports and rail lines.”

Source: Crumbling America: 10 states with the worst infrastructure

 
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Posted in Democrats, Infrastructure, Local government, New Jersey, Politicians, Politics, Republicans, State government

 

Why Trump has been successful so far

12 Jul

Donald is the anti-PC candidate

“The late Molly Ivins and I didn’t agree on much, but we did agree on opposition to political correctness; But this year the p.c. mentality has infected media coverage of Donald Trump”

Source: The perils of political correctness: Donald Trump can’t say that, can he? | Mulshine

 

Are they nuts in NATO?

09 Jul

“NATO Agrees to Send Thousands More Troops to Eastern Europe | US to deploy 1,000 ground troops to Poland as part of scheme…”

Source: NATO Agrees to Send Thousands More Troops to Eastern Europe — News from Antiwar.com

 

The financial hole of state and local governments

09 Jul

And people still have faith in government–and Republicans and Democrats???  This is just the tip of the iceberg.  The federal government’s unfunded liability is more than $200 trillion. 

“If the Actuarial Standards Board enacts recommendations from its Pension Task Force, actuarial valuations for state and local government pensions will report unfunded liabilities of over $5 trillion a…”

Source: Are State and Local Government Pensions Underfunded by $5 Trillion? – AEI

 
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Posted in Democrats, Economy, Federal Government, Local government, Political parties, Politicians, Politics, Republicans, State government

 

No gas tax deal, roadwork shut down…

07 Jul

The failure of Governor Christie and the Legislature to come to an agreement to fund the Transportation Trust Fund is another example of why government in general is a dysfunctional organization populated by feckless individuals who have abrogated their responsibility to the public.  Our elected officials have demonstrated they are poor stewards of taxpayers assets. No private enterprise firm could survive if they treated their customers with such contempt.  

“New Jersey taxpayers may face more than $60 million in added costs due to a pending shutdown of transportation projects.”

Source: No gas tax deal, roadwork shut down … and thousands of jobs in danger

 
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Posted in Democrats, Gas tax, Leadership, New Jersey, Politicians, Politics, Republicans, State government