Raise Taxes Over 50% - Mayor Jack Ball at Ewing Republican Club Meeting

At the meeting of the Ewing Republican Club, Mayor Jack Ball said the next years proposed budget would include a tax increase of over 50% and the Republicans there applauded him for the great job he's doing. I was shocked, but everyone there seemed fine with it. I guess the new breed of conservatives are not opposed to oppressive tax increases. Not one person raised the idea of cutting the budget, eliminating a service/department, or selling an asset of the city that the city could not afford (like a financed park). Imagine if we lowered the tax rate in Ewing instead of raising it. Hmm, maybe that's why Jack Ball was elected, to do something different? Well, unless we recall him, were stuck with more big government taxing and spending in Ewing, New Jersey.

Either way, I might give the Ewing Republican Club another chance. But if they are not fiscal conservatives, then I don't think I could support their candidates. Is there a difference between a Republican and a Democrat in New Jersey?