- The Ground Is Coming Up Awfully Fast...

This is a first rate piece of journalism that tells the story of the problems with NJ better than any I've ever read.

"Jersey is an object lesson in how big government can come to care more about feeding itself than taking care of basics."

The punchline is that, just like I've been saying for years now, there is no way Chris Christy is going to be able to do what is neccesary to help NJ because he's a part of the problem. The government, both Democrats and Republicans, have long since abandoned the idea of looking out for the interest of anyone other than those in government. The union drones, the bureaucrats and the elected classes, all of which produce nothing, will none the less be exquisitely well taken care of by the state while the productive classes will continue to get nothing but the bill.

If you ask me, we would be better off burning the state house to the ground, sending everyone home, and starting over from scratch. But with the lack of political sophistication of NJ voters, we'd only be back here again in no time.