NEW YORK, NY –Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Lonegan discussed the impact of union and state employees on New Jersey's economy in an interview earlier today with Brian Sullivan on the Fox Business Channel.
"There is a real disconnect from reality, and what we’re seeing is the cost of government being driven higher than any state in the country with the highest taxes in America ... the worst income tax, the highest sales tax, and the worst property tax, and it’s all been driven by union bosses. ...
"Over forty years of union takeover and we have driven New Jersey into the ground. It's the worst state in the country, according to the Tax Foundation, to start a business. ... We need to downsize the workforce in New Jersey because 95 percent of all new jobs created in New Jersey in the last seven years have been government jobs. ... It's just not sustainable.”
- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Lonegan, Fox Business Channel, 4/16/09
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