New Jersey's Republican Governor and Conservative icon Chris Christie signed New Jersey's budget yesterday amidst rumors that Democrats were going to hold it up due to Christie's near-daily owning of Unions and other Socialistic beasts.
Christie's budget includes some $800 million in cuts to public schools which are just 800 million more reasons to like the guy and hate Pennsylvania's lame duck Democrat Governor, Ed Rendell.
At this time of publishing, Rendell is on his way to signing the Pennsylvania budget which includes all kinds of schemes and plots and scams. One of the biggest and most outstanding shenanigans is that this year's budget includes $66 million in WAMs.
What are WAMs? It's an acronym for "Walking Around Money", something that Pennsylvania ruled unconstitutional in 1995 so Democrats just renamed them "Legislative Initiative Grants". Everyone else still calls them WAMs. Basically, it's extra money in the budget that - instead of going back to the people it belongs to (taxpayers), is given across the board to politicians (mostly Democrats and some Republicans) who wish to dip into it. Since 2010 is an election year and the opposition is quite threatening, many Democrats are jumping on board.
The differences between New Jersey and Pennsylvania's budgets are insanely clear. New Jersey's budget commits to Christie's long-time promises of cutting funding to failing public schools and helping taxpayers get back on their feet by giving them back the money they deserve. Pennsylvania's budget keeps the money for big government so Democrats can get reelected and make government bigger.
Political junkies will remember that abuse of WAMs gets politicians in big pickles. Remember State Senator Vince Fumo? He went to jail for committing 137 felonies which included channeling WAMs through a charity and using the money to buy stuff for himself and his family as well as political gain. Yes, this is the same Democrat party that claims to be for the "little people".
New Jersey is making sense of a huge problem they have. Regular people are finally starting to realize the evils of Unions and having too much government.
Pennsylvania's government - mainly comprised of Democrats and RINOs (Republicans in name only) want to keep your money to pay off Unions, to get themselves reelected and to rapidly continue down the toilet of Socialism.
Ed Rendell couldn't care less. His term is up, he won't be here by this time next year. What does Rendell have to lose? He wants to keep his cronies and his Mafioso government in office, so he gives them a helping hand. This is one of the most disgusting "typical big government" displays in quite some time.
Just like the people who now shop outside of Philadelphia to avoid Mayor Michael Nutter's increase in sales tax, it will be no surprise that - if things keep on the pace that they're currently on now - people start heading for the hills, or valleys rather, of the Garden State.
- AP
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