Assemblyman Jay Webber, chairman of the Taxpayer Protection Caucus in the New Jersey General Assembly, announced today having a New Jersey's Tax Freedom Day is not a good idea, but the second worst idea in the country.
"On the day that New Jerseyans finally have paid for their share of government and can start working for their families, it is a sad irony that Democrats start pushing their new water tax on households. They already have made New Jersey unaffordable by taxing our homes, our work, our cars, our TVs, our phones, our cigarettes, our gas, our electricity, and our drinks, among other things. Now they want to tax our water. What will they tax next - our air?"
Webber's comments come after the NJ Senate Environment Committee announced it will discuss creating a new $150 million tax on water.
"This year, the average New Jerseyan already has spent 127 long days - well more than 4 months - working just to pay his or her total tax burden. Crushing taxes are forcing our families, friends, and neighbors to flee to other states - and the only thing the Democrats can think to do is to find new burdnes to heap on us," Webber said.
"The commitment of the Taxpayer Protection Caucus is to make New Jersey more affordable by opposing any tax increases and lightening the load on New Jersey's already-overtaxed citizens. We want our State to be a place where people want to live, not a place they need to leave," he added.