"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance

 and a people who mean to be their own governors

 must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Corzine’s Property Tax Plan

“Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jon Corzine unveiled his long-awaited property tax proposal yesterday, promising to beef up homeowner rebates by 10 percent a year for at least four years if he wins election.”

Isn’t using the phrase “beef up” rather a bit much considering the average New Jersey homeowner would see $68 more in their rebate check next year? How much will the average taxpayer see their property taxes go up next year? How long did it take Senator Corzine to come up with this masterstroke of a plan? Thank God, he didn’t rush something out before thinking it through.

"I think my program is real, it's responsible, it's not excessive, but it's something that has real impact," Corzine said.

That’s one way to put it. Property tax rebates were a bad idea and a gimmick when introduced in 1976 as a companion to the then, newly enacted state income tax; and the program remains a gimmick that wastes taxpayer dollars in administration costs today. If the program had such a “real impact” would people be demanding real property tax relief now? Does Senator Corzine think $68 fills that demand?

The rebate program doesn’t provide real property tax reform or relief and as we know all too well, it provides no guarantees. The program can be reduced or eliminated at the whims of politicians in Trenton. As a matter of fact Corzine was advocating doing just that only a few months back:

In a shift from an earlier position, Corzine said he now flatly opposes a plan by acting Gov. Richard Codey to reduce rebates for senior citizens and the disabled, and eliminate them for other homeowners.

If this was a trial balloon, we think it just went – pop!



7 Comments:

At 8:16 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The way Matt proposes Corzine's programs, in particular his health care, reminds me of a ticket promoter for the Giants who would do anything to get you into the stadium. You ask what the price of the ticket is but you're told not to worry about it, you'll find out once you get inside. You ask again about the cost, and are told, look, everyone else is going in, how bad can it be? You wind up saying, hey, maybe he's right, like he says, it a nice day, everyone else is going in and at least I can look at some hot cheerleaders and down a couple of brewskies and some dogs. After a couple of fumbles by the Giants and at the end of the quarter a couple of gents come over to collect what you owe on the ticket. When you protest over the price, they turn you upside down and shake out whatever is in your pockets. I just want to know the price of the ticket.

 
At 9:01 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can you say pandering?

 
At 12:32 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

He thought I was rude because I asked him some pointed questions about his health care platform and demanded specific figures as to its cost. I would have pointed our that maybe he should have some cheese along with his whine but that would have been really rude as I had already told him to stop being a crybaby and just answer the questions. As was pointed out, at least they do have a website...how I would love to chop Forrester up....I would love to see Lonigan in as he seems to be twisted/crazy enough to actually do something....otherwise Schundler seems the better bet among the lesser of evils...

 
At 1:49 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lonigan... Toughness there, but on social not economic issues. All his ads are about values. This election is about taxes.

Schundler moved left on the wrong issues. He needed to drop his social issue stuff and hammer taxes and corruption. He could have won.

Forrester is an empty suit. He has no ideas and little backbone, but he has a big wallet. His tax plan is a gimmick.

 
At 2:27 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pretty accurate njcons....I'd still like to see Lonigan just to put a live wire in Trenton

 
At 2:46 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Coffegrounds has some pretty good decriptions too in addition to yours njcon when handicapping

 
At 5:30 AM, Anonymous Randal said...

this page | here | there | check this | this site | here | this page | there

check this | there | this site | here | this page | there | check this

here | this site | this page | there | check this | this site | here | this page

 

Post a Comment

<< Home


 Contact Us

  • Email Us
  • Blog Roll Us!

    Search

    Syndication

  • Atom Feed
  • Bloglines
  • Feedburner
  • Feedster
  • Add to Google
  • Add to My MSN
  • Add to My Yahoo
  • News Is Free

    Recent Posts

  • Rock On!
  • Corzine’s Agenda A Prescription For Disaster
  • Just For Laughs
  • The Good Old Days
  • Trenton To Host Hellfest
  • Corzine Care: The Numbers Just Don’t Add Up
  • Dirty Tricks
  • Bringing Down The Cost Of Health Care
  • Corzine Is Out Of The Mainstream
  • Memorial Day

    Archives

  • November 2004
  • December 2004
  • January 2005
  • February 2005
  • March 2005
  • April 2005
  • May 2005
  • June 2005
  • July 2005
  • August 2005
  • September 2005
  • October 2005
  • November 2005
  • December 2005
  • January 2006
  • February 2006
  • March 2006
  • April 2006
  • May 2006
  • June 2006
  • July 2006
  • August 2006
  • September 2006
  • October 2006
  • November 2006
  • December 2006
  • January 2007
  • February 2007
  • March 2007
  • April 2007
  • May 2007
  • June 2007
  • August 2007
  • September 2007
  • October 2007
  • November 2007
  • December 2007
  • January 2008
  • February 2008
  • April 2008
  • November 2008
  • January 2009
  • August 2009
  • September 2009
  • February 2012

    Online Journals

  • National Review

  • Opinion Journal

  • Real Clear Politics

  • Weekly Standard


  • Blog Roll

  • A Blog For All
  • Althouse
  • Ankle Biting Pundits
  • Barista of Bloomfield Avenue
  • Betsy's Page
  • Blue Crab Boulevard
  • Blogs For Condi
  • Bob the Corgi
  • Brainster's Blog
  • BuzzMachine
  • Captain's Quarter's
  • Cinnaman
  • Coalition of the Swilling
  • CWA-NJ
  • Dino's Forum
  • Daily Mail
  • Don Surber
  • DynamoBuzz
  • eCache
  • Exit 4
  • Fausta's Blog
  • GOP Bloggers
  • Instapundit
  • Joe's Journal
  • Kate Spot
  • Kausfiles.com
  • Little Green Footballs
  • Michelle Malkin
  • More Mnmouth Musings
  • Parkway Rest Stop
  • Patrick Ruffini
  • Polipundit
  • Power Line
  • Right Wing News
  • Roger L. Simon
  • The Blue State Conservatives
  • Riehl World View
  • Red Jersey
  • Right, Wing-Nut!
  • Sid in the City
  • Tiger Hawk
  • The Truth Laid Bear
  • Tim Blair
  • Wizbang


  • Sid in the City



    Majority Accountability Project

    MAP

    New Jersey Blogs

    Enlighten-Carnival-small

  • 11th and Washington


  • A Blog For All
  • A Planet Where Apes Evolved From Man?!?
  • Armies of Liberation
  • Atlantic Highland Muse
  • Attack of the 15.24 Mete


  • Barista of Bloomfield Avenue
  • BeLow Me
  • Big Windbag
  • Blanton's and Ashton's
  • Blue State Conservatives
  • Burning Feathers
  • BuzzMachine


  • Clifton Blogs
  • Coalition of the Swilling
  • Cobweb Studios
  • CoffeeGrounds
  • Constitutional Conservative
  • Confessions of a Jersey Goddess
  • Corzine Watch
  • Crazy Jackie
  • Cresting Acrocorinthus
  • Cripes, Suzette!


  • Daniella's Misadventures
  • Did I Say That Out Loud
  • Dojo Mojo
  • Dossy's Blog
  • Down the Shore
  • DynamoBuzz


  • eCache
  • Enlighten-NewJersey
  • Eye On Hoboken
  • Exit 4
  • Exit Zero
  • Extreme-Psychosis


  • Fausta's Blog
  • Fausti's Book Quest
  • Fractals of Change
  • Frenchtown NJ Blog


  • GiggleChick
  • Gregg Gethard's Amazing Personal Journey
  • goethe re scape


  • Hoboken Rock City


  • IamBillPower
  • If this is paradise, I wish I had a lawn-mower
  • Imaginary Therapy
  • Inadmissible Evidence
  • INCITE


  • Jersey Beat
  • Jersey Perspective
  • Jersey Side
  • Jersey Style
  • Jersey Writers
  • Joe's Journal


  • Karl's Corner
  • Kate Spot


  • Laughing At The Pieces
  • Likelihood of Confusion
  • Liss Is More


  • Mamacita
  • Mary's Lame Attempt at Fame
  • Media in Trouble
  • Michael Carroll
  • Mister Snitch!
  • MucknMire
  • My Life as a Rabid Blog
  • My New Jersey


  • New Jersey Eminent Domain Law
  • NJ Conservative
  • NJ Fiscal Folly
  • New Jersey For Change
  • New Jersey Weblogs
  • NJ Spoken Word
  • Northeast Corridor


  • Parkway Rest Stop
  • Philly2Hoboken.com
  • Poetic Leanings
  • Poor Impulse Control
  • Professor Kim's News Notes
  • Property Tax NJ


  • Rain Angel
  • Riehl World View


  • Shamrocketship
  • Shipwrecks
  • SloppyDawg
  • Sluggo Needs a Nap
  • SmadaNeK
  • Static Silence


  • Tami,The One True
  • Tammany on the Hudson
  • Tequila Shots For The Soul
  • The Art of Getting By
  • The Center of New Jersey Life
  • The Daily Fry
  • The Duc Pond
  • The Jersey Shore Real Estate Bubble
  • The Joy of Soup
  • The Mark(ings) of Zorro
  • The New Wisdom
  • The Nightfly
  • The Opinion Mill
  • The Pink Panther
  • The Political Dogs
  • The Rix Mix
  • This Full House
  • Tiger Hawk
  • Tomato Nation
  • Toxiclabrat
  • Twisty


  • Unbillable Hours
  • Usdin.Net


  • Where Is The Remote
  • Wine Goddess


  • Xpatriated Texan


  • Links

  • NJ Governor
  • NJ Legislature
  • GOP GOTV
  • Bob Menendez Information


  • Blog Rings

  • Blog Explosion
  • Blog Directory
  • Blogsnow
  • Blogwise
  • Blogstreet
  • Blogshares
  • Blogarama
  • Blog Digger
  • Daypop
  • Globe of Blogs
  • Blog Search Engine


  • Ecosystem Status


  • Who Links Here






  •