New Jersey Chamber On Board With Corzine

     Benjamin Franklin once said at the signing of the Declaration of Independence that "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hand separately." So I have to wonder what they were thinking when the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce backed Governor Jon Corzine's plan for massive toll hikes on state highways.  The very organization in place to have the best interest of business at heart sells out to politics.  If you can't count on the Chamber of Commerce to look after you, who can you count on. And for what? 

     Hazel Gluck, Chamber executive committee member said "the Governor’s plan is the best option available on the table to us to fix the state’s fiscal problems. It is time for us to move forward and get to the business of growing the economy. The Governor’s plan will help us to achieve the goal of making New Jersey a pro-investment state.”  Grow the economy, pro-investment?  How do you grow the economy when you force businesses who use New Jersey toll roads to transports their goods to face huge increases in the cost of moving those goods?  How is it helping grow the economy when working men and women are saddled with an 800% road tax?  Who wants to invest in a state that chokes its residents and businesses with tax after tax?  Not most businesses if you read how many companies are pulling up stakes and heading out of Dodge.

     String up the noose.  I think we're all about to hang separately.