What a disgrace that these politicians could not come together on a budget before the deadline passed.
50,000 workers being furloughed, that means they dont get paid. Im sure more than half are sole breadwinners and rely on the income to survive.
Only "essential" employees remain working. However, up until about 6 am today, they were trying to decide whether the people that watch over the casinos were "essential" or not. Real reason behind this: The state collects roughly $2m a day in tax revenue from casinos. What a crock. They ended up shutting down the casinos at 8 am today. First time in 30 yrs (since they opened) that the casinos have closed. Way to make history Corzine, you a$$!!!
Corzine wants to raise the sales tax to 7% and the legislators dont want to let him.
God damn politicians.
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50,000 workers being furloughed, that means they dont get paid. Im sure more than half are sole breadwinners and rely on the income to survive.
Only "essential" employees remain working. However, up until about 6 am today, they were trying to decide whether the people that watch over the casinos were "essential" or not. Real reason behind this: The state collects roughly $2m a day in tax revenue from casinos. What a crock. They ended up shutting down the casinos at 8 am today. First time in 30 yrs (since they opened) that the casinos have closed. Way to make history Corzine, you a$$!!!
Corzine wants to raise the sales tax to 7% and the legislators dont want to let him.
God damn politicians.
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