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Christie announces sweeping education budget cuts in N.J.
Published: Monday, March 22nd, 2010
New Jersey Governor Christopher Christie (R) announced a $29.3 billion budget proposal for the state’s upcoming fiscal year on Tuesday, March 16.
Aimed at reducing the state’s $10.7 billion deficit, the proposal reduces funding for public ...
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These cuts will be painful in the short run, but NJ needs them in the long run. If Christie can get taxes lower and bring businesses and jobs back to NJ, the need for entitlement programs will fall and revenues will naturally rise in a self-perpetuating cycle of prosperity.
I just hope that New Jersians will stay the course in rebuilding their state, rather than demand more handouts next November and reverse all progress that is made.
NJ tried the big-welfare state approach, and it clearly just brought the state from bad to worse.
Education funding is not a "hand-out." How foolish is it to cut education, the one area that builds our future. Apparently Governor Christie wants fewer graduates and lower test scores for New Jersey students. Great plan:(
NJ needs to stay the course.... enough is enough. This country and this state are bankrupt. We must cut spending where we can. Good job Christie!
Yay Christie!
Your "argument" would apply at ANY level of education funding. So basically you want infinite funding for education, with no countervailing considerations!
No Education, No Growth, No Future.
Governor Christie wants fewer graduates and lower test scores for New Jersey students. Great plan:( More kids on streets making evrything worse.
Some towns have already reacted to Christie plan by announcing increases in school property taxes and cutting programs (not people). Good job Christie..passing the burdent back onto property owners, taking away programs that actually benefit students, while not eliminating a single position in the school system.
Every NJ resident should be outraged at what Governor Christie has done. While politicians and administrators have pushed NCLB legislation, they now have gutted the entire educational system by drastically cutting money for programs and staff. Classes will double, and programs will be eliminated. People of NJ: Wake up and fight back!
School funding and educational quality have very little correlation.
School funding and athletic facilities are very closely correlated.
School funding and teachers' pensions are extremely correlated.
There's plenty of fat here to cut...
Ah...now we've heard from the tea-baggers and their non-sense sound-bite NJ101.5 propaganda. Care to provide some facts to back up your assertions?