The 2007 Campaign Issue

“The problem is not the penny-ante theft perpetrated by some Democrats, but the perfectly legal theft associated with Abbott, Mt. Laurel, and the Democratic redistributionist ideology generally. In short, the Democratic Party is based upon taking things from people who earn them and giving them to people who don't, while employing vast numbers of public employees to administer the program at huge expense.

The taxpayers suffer much greater injury from perfectly legal policies -- such as the unequal aid given to urban school systems and giveaways to public employee unions -- than they do from bribery.”

This is the problem that must consistently be brought to the attention of voters by every Republican candidate for New Jersey state Senate and Assembly. Republican candidates must succinctly state the problem and provide specific examples (dollars and cents), how and why the Democrats’ program has harmed and will continue to harm the state and the candidate’s district if left unchecked. Finally, candidates must clearly articulate the specific programs and polices they will enact, if elected, to end the cycle of tax and spend that has proven ruinous to the state and a catastrophe for taxpayers.