Kiran Subramanian

Governor Mikie Sherrill promised to rein in Trenton’s culture of pork spending. Now, she has betrayed taxpayers. On June 30th, Governor Sherrill signed a supplemental spending bill in addition to the record $60.7 billion already passed. This supplement was filled with gifts and giveaways to Democratic buddies and politically connected organizations. This supplemental spending bill is just another example of politicians making decisions in smoke-filled rooms.

Thanks to Governor Dan McKee’s recent union handout, the grocery store experience is about to get a lot worse for consumers and businesses. Just last week, Governor McKee signed legislation that requires grocery stores to maintain a ratio of one grocery store worker for every three self-checkout stands. At a time when grocery prices are increasingly unaffordable in Rhode Island, the state has instead added more onerous regulations, which will make this crisis even worse.

Have you ever had a friend who was bad with money and kept asking you to spot them some cash? Now imagine that instead of a friend, it was the second-largest city in the state of New Jersey, and instead of a $10 or $20 bill, it was a $255 million bill? That is what New Jerseyans across the state are experiencing with the current Jersey City budget fiasco. The culprit of this structural budget deficit?