EDA to Issue $400M in State Debt for Controversial Government Buildings
Gov. Chris Christie’s administration is preparing to issue more than $400 million in new state debt in the remaining weeks before he gives way to Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, with the money earmarked to pay...
View ArticleRand’s right; D.C.-style “bipartisanship” is code for corruption
By Matt Rooney – Kentucky’s Rand Paul said what a LOT of us were thinking on Thursday evening when he helped bring about a mini-government shutdown (of about six hours in length) on Capitol Hill. At...
View ArticleUnpopular Opinion: College loans should be as difficult to obtain as mortgages!
By Matt Rooney _ You’re going to read/hear a lot about student loans this week, Save Jerseyans. That’s because President Trump’s new spending plan would make some big changes to future borrowers’ loan...
View ArticleState’s Bonded Debt Soars to Nosebleed Heights: $46.1 Billion
The results of New Jersey’s latest big-picture fiscal checkup are in, and they reveal a state that continues to be saddled with a staggering amount debt – despite recent efforts to wind down Trenton’s...
View ArticleSPADEA: Don’t waste your time and money on college
By Bill Spadea This post originally appeared at NJ 101.5 _ That’s right, too many kids succumb to the pressure that if you don’t go to college, you won’t be a success. That’s garbage and gets a lotta...
View ArticleNew Jersey 2023: Legacy costs, debt service will eat 26% of state revenues
TRENTON, N.J. – Moody’s issued a stark warning on Monday evening about the scope of New Jersey’s public debt/pension crisis, one which has earned its pension system the dubious distinct of being among...
View ArticleThree ominous new indicators for Phil Murphy’s New Jersey
By Matt Rooney _ I wish there was more good news out there, Save Jerseyans, but welcome to New Jersey 2019. Elections have consequences, and those consequences have been predictably grim. We have three...
View ArticleNJ-07: Republican Becchi focuses on forgotten issue of the national debt
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Our country’s $23 trillion national debt is the most significant issue in modern America which gets practically no attention from either party’s presidential candidates. Rosemary...
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