Stuff in the ‘Taxes Economy and Outmigration’ Category
Sweeney Center Projects a Grim Outlook for NJ’s Fiscal Condition: Gov. Murphy Leaves a Mess for the Next Governor
Posted On03/21/2025 byThank goodness for the Sweeney Center for Public Policy at Rowan University. At least there’s one group out there documenting the real world that will confront New Jersey after eight years of Gov. Murphy’s spendthrift governance. The Sweeney Center’s Multi-Year Budget Work Group has published its 5th report with sobering projections for New Jersey’s future…Read More
Another Unsustainable Budget Proposed by NJ’s Status Quo Governor: Record Spending; Higher Taxes
Posted On02/28/2025 byAs we have said many times, Gov. Murphy is a status quo governor. He was elected with the support of New Jersey’s powerful, taxpayer-funded government unions, especially its largest, the NJEA, which spent over $20 million supporting Murphy. Murphy has repaid the favor by largely governing for their benefit. The result is another unsustainable FY2026…Read More
More Sobering Data on NJ Students’ Learning Loss and a “Wake Up Call” for NJ Parents
Posted On02/20/2025 byMore sobering analysis surrounding the recent “lackluster” performance by New Jersey students on national assessments and the attendant long-term decline in student achievement, as well as the welcome arrival of a new organization, Wake Up Call New Jersey, which seeks to alert New Jersey parents to this grim reality. It’s not a pretty picture but…Read More
Memo to Gov. Murphy and NJEA President Spiller: The Numbers Don’t Lie: NJ Is Not #1 in Education by a Long Shot
Posted On02/19/2025 byWe know that Gov. Murphy and his good pal, NJEA President/gubernatorial candidate Sean Spiller, like to claim that New Jersey’s public schools are #1 in the nation, but the results from the 2024 National Assessment of Academic Progress (NAEP) tests say otherwise, especially when it comes to New Jersey’s disadvantaged students. Overall, the Urban Institute…Read More
NJ Is Losing Residents to Other States but Overall Population Has Grown Due to International Immigration
Posted On01/24/2025 byNew research shows New Jersey is losing people to other states but its overall population has increased due to international immigration, a substantial portion of which appears to have been undocumented/illegal immigration. In order to pre-empt some potential confusion about New Jersey’s population and migration patterns, Sunlight wants to put some new information into context….Read More
Memo to NJEA President Spiller: NJ Is Not #1 When it Comes to Student Success, Especially for Disadvantaged Kids
Posted On01/14/2025 byNJEA President Sean Spiller has often claimed that New Jersey’s public schools are the best in the nation, and now as a candidate for governor, he’s touting this claim as part of his qualifications for the office. In a recent interview with InsiderNJ, Spiller once again stated: “We have the number one schools in the…Read More
Florida Public Schools Get Better Results — Especially for Disadvantaged Kids — for Less than Half the Price
Posted On01/07/2025 byA wake-up call for New Jersey: New Jersey public schools are not nearly as good as the NJEA and Gov. Murphy claim. Florida 4th graders have better academic achievement in both math and reading than New Jersey — especially for disadvantaged children — while spending less than half the money. The NJEA frequently claims that…Read More
Voting With Their Feet: A Million People and $91 Billion of Income Have Fled NJ For Other States
Posted On01/03/2025 byWe’ll start the new year with a look back at just how serious New Jersey’s outmigration problem has been, which portends a bleak future for our state. Thanks to Edward Pinto’s research* in Newsweek, we learned that over the span of three decades (1990-2021) New Jersey has experienced the 4th-worst domestic outmigration of people and…Read More
As Predicted, NJ’s Fiscal Cliff Arrives. Will Gov. Murphy Do the Bidding of His Government Union Pals and Raise Taxes Again?
Posted On12/06/2024 byAs many, including Sunlight, have long warned, New Jersey is approaching a fiscal cliff. Gov. Murphy is now ordering departments freeze salaries and hiring and reduce budgets by 5%. Murphy claims that he has been a good fiscal steward, but remember that he has increased state spending by over 60% and the current state budget…Read More
Tax Foundation: NJ 49th Among States for Tax Competitiveness: Bottom Two for Nine Years in a Row and Every Year Under Gov. Murphy
Posted On10/31/2024 byThe Tax Foundation came out with its 2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index and once again New Jersey has one of the least competitive tax structures in the nation, coming in 49th out of 50, with only New York as less competitive. By comparison, neighboring states Pennsylvania and Delaware came in 34th and 18th, respectively. The…Read More