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TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey leaders agreed on a state budget Thursday following a six-day government shutdown that shuttered casinos and threw more than 80,000 people out of work, a high-ranking Statehouse official said.
"They'll be announcing the final elements later this afternoon," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the governor will announce the deal.
The deal to close the state's $4.5 billion budget gap includes a sales tax increase that would raise $1.1 billion a year, a different high-ranking Statehouse official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Half of the new money would be used to lower property taxes this year, and all of it would go for that purpose next year, that official said.
Democrats who control the state Assembly had opposed the tax increase, a jump from 6 percent to 7 percent that would cost the average New Jersey family an estimated $275 per year.
New Jersey budget deal reached
This is PURE Manipulation from the Democrats! The Governor shuts down the state until that penny sales tax is passed.Now i dont live in New Jersey.EVER WONDER WHY ITS TIME TO VOTE REPUBLICAN?
"They'll be announcing the final elements later this afternoon," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the governor will announce the deal.
The deal to close the state's $4.5 billion budget gap includes a sales tax increase that would raise $1.1 billion a year, a different high-ranking Statehouse official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Half of the new money would be used to lower property taxes this year, and all of it would go for that purpose next year, that official said.
Democrats who control the state Assembly had opposed the tax increase, a jump from 6 percent to 7 percent that would cost the average New Jersey family an estimated $275 per year.
New Jersey budget deal reached
This is PURE Manipulation from the Democrats! The Governor shuts down the state until that penny sales tax is passed.Now i dont live in New Jersey.EVER WONDER WHY ITS TIME TO VOTE REPUBLICAN?