Murphy and the state workers union have come to an agreement for a contract.
Per NorthJersey.com, “The agreement includes a pair of 2-percent raises for all workers and compensates them for the years-of-service pay bumps the Christie administration froze when talks about a new contract failed to get off the ground in 2015.” This information came from the Communications Workers of America website, as it seems Governor Murphy did not want to give out what agreement he and the union came to.
That might sound nice to the state workers and their union, but my problem and yours is question where is the money going to come from to pay for this? So far our governor has been more or less silent on how the state can afford to do this.
In my humble opinion our not so smart governor has again put the cart before the horse and only thought about how the state workers have not had a raise in about three years. I must say that without a concrete plan to help the state pay for these salary increases the only possible solutions are to raise some tax or to borrow money. Neither is desirable or reasonable.
The people of this state are already paying way too much in taxes and fees, so I think that if the governor wants to give state workers more money it should come out of any monies that he has direct control over. If Murphy can not do that, then he should rescind the agreement because the state can not afford to go into more debt.
It is time our esteemed governor realizes that he can not tax the people to pay for the things he wants. When in many cases the people of this state are already in direr straits themselves due to the overly high cost of living here.
Plus Mr. Murphy must come to the realization that taxing so-called millionaires will not yield enough money to pay for salary increases and there is nothing to stop these people from leaving this state for greener pastures.
I do have to say that I realize that the state workers are underpaid and do deserve a raise in pay, it is just the state does not have the money to do so without raising the tax burden on the people of New Jersey.
That is my opinion- Jumpin Jersey Mike
