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		<title>Proof that Chris Christie Turned the New Jersey Legislature Upside Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while I get an e-mail from the folks in the Governor&#8217;s Office regarding some of Governor Chris Christie&#8217;s latest speeches or comments. One of the latest e-mails struck my eye in light of the national debate around tax cuts and tax cut extensions and so on and so on and so [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every once in a while I get an e-mail from the folks in the Governor&#8217;s Office regarding some of Governor Chris Christie&#8217;s latest speeches or comments.  One of the latest e-mails struck my eye in light of the national debate around tax cuts and tax cut extensions and so on and so on and so on&#8230;</p>
<p>The video below puts it pretty plainly &#8211; Governor Christie has turned New Jersey upside down in a good way!  If there were any doubts left in anyone&#8217;s mind about whether times are changing in Trenton, watch the video below.  During a press conference a few weeks ago, Governor Christie noted a proposal presented by Democrats for business tax cuts as an example of his Administration being transformational.  He said:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Here&#8217;s another manifestation of turning Trenton upside down. Democrats are talking about business tax cuts in New Jersey. Ok? So if you don&#8217;t think that this administration has been transformational in a year, then I point you to that example.&#8221;</em></p>
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<p>What this man has accomplished in New Jersey is nothing short of phenomenal.  He is saving this state and improving our near death-bed fiscal health at the same time.  Absolutely remarkable.</p>
<p><em><font style="font-size: 10px;">Please note that portions of the text above were taken from an e-mail prepared by the Governor&#8217;s Office.</font></em></p>
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		<title>No More “Healthy Tax” in New Jersey!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state legislature passed a budget yesterday that does away with the &#8220;healthy tax&#8221; that was ridiculously instituted last year in New Jersey. This tax imposed a monthly 7% surcharge on the cost of gym memberships. Some people thought that we should all shut up and be quiet about it because of various theoretical explanations [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The state legislature passed a budget yesterday that does away with <a href="http://www.jerseysmarts.com/2006/07/09/some-of-the-new-jon-corzine-taxes/"><strong>the &#8220;healthy tax&#8221;</strong></a> that was ridiculously instituted last year in New Jersey.  This tax imposed a monthly 7% surcharge on the cost of gym memberships.  Some people thought that we should all shut up and be quiet about it because of various theoretical explanations on the need to tax all expenditures equally.</p>
<p>Bullshit on that!</p>
<p>America&#8217;s health care system is overburden by people who are unhealthy because of their lifestyles.  How can someone sleep at night when they openly and freely choose to tax the method by which people can free themselves from this sedentary lifestyle?  Maybe getting into that car crash knocked some sense in Governor Corzine because he was all for this tax last year at this time.</p>
<p>Rolling back this tax is a good thing and I think New Jerseyans will be very happy to have this &#8220;healthy tax&#8221; finally taken off of the books and put to rest where it belongs.</p>
<p>Now let&#8217;s start working on restoring that 6% sales tax&#8230; <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>
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