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Trenton NJ, Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi roasts the Murphy budget :
“Today was Governor Murphy’s Budget Message. On its face someone could listen and say “I support that” or “I welcome the middle class relief” being proposed. Unfortunately our true middle class will never see any of the promised items put forth today. One can just look to one of the very first statements made during the speech that NJ is finally “putting the breaks on the financial roller coaster” we have been on. This statement is surreal in light of the fact that NJ has increased spending by $6.3 BILLION in just 3 years. This represents an 18% spending increase in a 3 year period. We are doubling down on spending practices that got our state into its current fiscal mess. We keep hearing the message of Fairer and Stronger for the middle class.
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