New Jersey has an election tomorrow, pitting Democratic Governor Phil Murphy against Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli.
While researching who to vote for, I came across a startling piece of information. From NJ.com:
Ciattarelli has vowed to cut $10 billion in spending from the budget. But he has not outlined what programs he’d slash.
That got me wondering: how big is the state budget? Would cutting $10 billion be a little, or a lot?
It turns out the total state budget is $46.4 billion. A $10 billion cut would mean slashing 22% of the state budget.
That sounds drastic. If Ciattarelli had clearly outlined wasteful spending we should eliminate, I’d feel a little better about his argument.
But the total lack of clarity on what state services will get the axe concerns me.
Would this mean no more buses, closing state parks, or the end of free community college? We have no way to know because the candidate hasn’t told us.
The question is, do we want to find out?
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