John Wrightmeier News Today

The states bond rating is among the worst in the country. mr. christies budget for 2014, at just shy of 33 billion will reach the second highest amount in state history and more than governor corzines last two years in office. christies opponent highlighted these failures during a debate last week. >> this is a governor balanced his budget by raising property taxes, cruelest tax of all without asking millionaires to pay a penny more. a governor raised taxes on the working poor and vetoed the min...

Everybody was afraid to run against. she had trouble getting off the ground. getting support. nobody nationally came in to help her. all focus has gone to virginia. this race is seen as already gone. so she hasnt been able to get the attention she really hasnt been able to get the campaign rolling and score points on him. when there are places where he genuinely is vulnerable. if he did run for president in 2016. a lot more scrutiny. and the worst unemployment rate. >> he would hear that in the ...

The other piece of magical thinking, remind me of paul ryan. he projects that lowering taxes on businesses and on, millionaires is going to somehow magically increase revenue. he has a lot of rosie predictions about the states growth that when it doesnt come to pass his revenue projections fall far short of what was originally anticipated. he has to grab money from the other pots to fill the gap. >> john, we just saw the video. he ran for governor saying -- heres exactly what i will do as govern...

Working poor and ve tomorrtoed minimum wage. and raising fares on trains and buses. you may not call it a tax, it has the the same effect. increases the cost of living for beleaguered commuters and increased tolls. need i go on. let me say this, i said it last week, i will say it again. you are the last person to talk to anybody about taxes, governor. >> joining me, crystal ball and john wrightmeier, a reporter for the bergen report who covers the new jersey budget. crystal, controversy of the d...