Chris Christie Says He Didn’t Raise Taxes In NJ, Politifact Says Not Exactly True
New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie is a controversial figure in America’s political landscape. Either folks appreciate his plainspoken, no-holds-barred approach to politics and the press, or they find him horribly offensive and likely pick on his weight.
It’s true that in a party of buttoned-up, mostly white, mostly dudes, Chris Christie brings a bit of Jersey flair. And as the recent “is the Republican party inherently misogynistic?” question arises again after Todd Akin’s unfortunate rape comments make their way through the press cycle, a comment Christie made to a female protestor not too long ago has been making the rounds of liberal blogs (graphic below.) As the protester queried Christie on employment numbers dropping, he quipped that something would be going down that night but it “ain’t gonna be jobs, sweetheart.”
But, obviously, Chris Christie has fans in New Jersey, or he wouldn’t be governing the state. And it seems Christie’s promises hinge largely on taxes, specifically not raising taxes on New Jersey residents. Politifact looked into the statements Christie has made on taxes, namely his ones August 20 at an Asbury Park fundraiser:
“I haven’t raised taxes in the time I’ve been the governor of New Jersey and I didn’t need to sign a pledge not to… I made a pledge to the people of the state not to. I don’t need to make a pledge to anybody else.”
It is indeed admirable that Chris Christie has essentially taken a stand against Grover Norquist and his bossy attempt to make every state follow his own guidance on taxes that may or may not apply to the circumstances of that state, but the political fact-checking site says that Christie’s words barely rate a “half true” and explains:
“Rates for the state’s three biggest revenue generators — income, sales and corporation business taxes — have not gone up under Christie… But the governor has cut funding for tax credit programs and several experts said those reductions are, in effect, tax increases.”
“‘For practical purposes decreasing tax credits is the same as a tax increase. The person’s effective tax rate goes up,” David Brunori, a research professor of public policy at The George Washington University, said in an e-mail. ‘Still, most people think of tax increases as rate hikes.’”
Would you liked to have seen Chris Christie standing in Paul Ryan’s spot at the RNC?
Tags : Chris Christie, chris christie it aint gonna be jobs sweetheart, did chris christie raise taxes in new jersey?, new jersey, politifact
Posted: August 23, 2012
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Aug 23, 2012
What a bunch of hot air from the knuckle-draggers.
Aug 23, 2012
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Aug 23, 2012
Remember this when a certain group claims they didn't raise taxes on the elderly. They just charged the healthcare industry more & removed some of their payments. It just so happens that will raise the price of things for the consumer. This is a typical ploy.
Aug 23, 2012
The Republicans are misogynists, are they? Let's see, the Democrats are having Bill Jefferson (BJ) Clinton as their Keynote speaker. He had two allegations of rape, two allegations of sexual harrassment, was disbarred in Arkasas for 8 years because he lied about his sexual exploits, and was getting oral sex from a 19 year old intern in the Oval Office. He's the Dems hero, but the Republicans are misogynists? How soon we all forget.
Aug 23, 2012
Not sure why the people commenting are so angry,, the Article was just stating a fact..By the way republicans and dems both have had sex scandals , corruption etc.. pls don't act like this is the first we heard of ANY party being involved in a scandal…They did a study on politicians scandels and it was split down the middle.. Most of don't care about any citizens , but to only line their pockets…. get off you high horse pls.
Aug 24, 2012
Sorry but the man has an uncanny resemblance to Porky Pig.
Aug 24, 2012
In the meantime, there was just a report about budget shortfalls and terrible unemployment news. Are the people of New Jersey just ignoring facts? How about how crime has soared as Christie cut budgets for police & fire. I am glad I do not live in NJ!
Aug 24, 2012
HOLY HOLSTEIN, Fatman. It's the larger than life Keynote speaker, the only guy in Tampa/Ybor city NOT getting any action……………..mmmmmmmm.
Aug 24, 2012
Sex isn't misogyny. Holding women to be inferior is misogyny. If this election is just so important because of jobs/economy; why has the Republican Party attacked women's reproductive health and equal pay laws? Are the women supposed to "shut up" and take one for the team? Hmmm?
Aug 24, 2012
Oh, and yes. Making more of ones income taxable so that they pay more is raising their taxes. Derp.
Aug 24, 2012
he fits right in their with the other idiots, as for his weight, i don't care how fat he is,, weight problems usually are a sign of low self esteem of yourself and his smart as# remarks are part of making him feel better about himself, as well as stuffing his face with food, i call him the twinkie man….
Aug 24, 2012
you are bad…. honest, but bad
Aug 24, 2012
Do you know the meaning of the word? Hatred of women. Having sex or a blow job is far from tht.
Aug 24, 2012
So, when your in your mid-fifties and you use your position to coax a 19 year old employee into oral sex, that doesn't illustrate hatred of women. When you try, unsuccessfully, to have sex with two women who you work with when you are either the Governor (chief executive officer). or the Attorney General (chief law enforcement officer) of your state, that isn't hatred of women (one of whom Clinton had to pay a $850K settlement to). When you have two women accuse you of rape, rape isn't hatred of women? The Catholic church refusing to pay for abortions and contraception as part of a free employee benefit, not THAT'S hatred of women. As for the equal pay comment, check your facts. Start with USA Today. It's not worth a comment, because it is no longer the case. Women's jobs and salaries have outpaced men's for 10 years, which would be 61/2 years under a Republican. Women now earn more bachelor's degrees, so I'm sure that trend will continue.
Aug 24, 2012
I guess when a liberal like Kennedy or Clinton use their power to coerce sex you think it's just "forced love". Making a women pay or seek alternatives like Planned Parenthood to obtain contraception is hatred of women.
Aug 24, 2012
Name calling, the highest form of complement.
Aug 24, 2012
According to the FBI, violent crime and property crime has been steadily dropping since 2009. Where'd you get your facts from, MSNBC. Police and fire are primarily funded by the local government, if you knew your civics. You should probably get a 6th grade civics book and get your facts from a different place. Don't believe me? Here's the website: http://www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/new-jersey/. However, I know how you haters HATE facts that go against your ideology. At least you didn't call Christie names like some.
Aug 24, 2012
And I can tell you get all your "facts" from either Fox News or Rush Limbaugh. I don't watch msnbc because they ear too biased and fox news puts them to shame in the bias department. And you want to know what real hatred of a female is… the official GOP platform for decades that any and all abortions should be illegal no matter what even when a 13 years old girl is raped by the father. Now we are talking about real misogyny. And that all those right wing Christian crackpot who want to make the morning after pill illegal because of their warped idea that a 2 day old fertilized egg has more rights than a live breathing talking walking thinking woman.
Aug 24, 2012
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/newark_homicides_up_64_percent.html
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/19/159171796/riddled-with-crime-n-j-city-turns-to-county-police
Aug 24, 2012
Robert, Camden New Jersey is one of the most dangerous cities in America if not the most. They lost most 200 Police with Christie's cuts. The new plan is to just fire the rest of the police force and let the state police patrol the area, that just won't work. Newark murder rate has increased nearly 20% directly related to the decrease in police presence.
several of Christie's well known charter schools have been failing. Newark, despite receiving $100 Million from Mark Zuckerberg is still failing. Christie's appointee to Newark Schools, Cami Anderson has decided to close 7 failing schools and plans to consolidate already over crowded schools. How's that a good plan?
Aug 24, 2012
Robert as far as a civics lesson, maybe look up how much municipalities rely on state aid to fund Police and fire. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about and how much repsonsibility Christie has in the cuts.
Aug 24, 2012
Camden and Newark have been failing since I was 5 years old. Lots of blame to go around. Start with Governor Hughes and work you way up.
Cory Booker seems to be in favor of more charter schools. More parents are electing to send their kids there. They must be doing something right.
Aug 24, 2012
No Robert, that's just not true, well at least not for Newark. Newark's murder rate and crime rate were much lower before Christie's cuts. Camden has always been bad but do you really think cutting necessary funding for police was the right thing or even smart thing to do? Smaller, more afluent municipalities could more readily afford the loss of additional funding but not true for already crime ridden big cities in NJ. Cory Booker is wrong about Charter schools and has been wrong about a lot of other things. Charter schools are no better at educating students than regular public school and have been failing quite badly in NJ. http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/09/once-promising_charter_schools.html
The parents that elect to send their kids to charter schools are misinformed.
Aug 24, 2012
oink oink
Aug 28, 2012
Right, and state budgets depend on fed funding. It all trickles downhill to the taxpayer – just depends on what type of tax, deduction, state/county/local fee you look at. Christie is too much of a blowhard for me. I like Mitch Daniels who's done much for Indiana – too bad he didn't run for president (but he was too mellow for the GOP which seems to relish flamboyant, whining, finger-pointing, sideshow type candidates)
Aug 28, 2012
I wanna see a list of jobs/industries that have benefited from high end tax cuts. If there are none, Mitt's plan to fix the economy isn't going to work – "trickle down" is a fairy tale.
Aug 28, 2012
Robert Gannon get a grip. The worst Bill Clinton was ever guilty of(in court) was sexual harrassment. And he got busted for it. That "power over younger women" BS is just that. Women have a sex drive of their own, ya know. And everyone knows the real agenda is to push women back into the home and the kitchen by making sex punishable by pregnancy and pregnanacy punishable by marriage.
Aug 29, 2012
Lawrence Mintz Do you think accusing me of watching Fox News is a thoughtful retort? Gee, I'm crushed. Actually, what I said was well reported by all media outlets. Say! aren't you the guy who made fun of Chris Chritie's size? Kind of blown your credibility as far as I'm concerned. No need to comment further. Porkie Pig and oink oink. Snappy repartee.
Aug 29, 2012
Robert Gannon . I am hurt beyond measure. But you must watch fox news because you sound just like Sean Hannity. And as far as your dig at my snappy repartee, I am devastated beyond repair. In fact I had a dream last night that had an eerie resemblance to a Loony Tune cartoon cartoon and the theme of the dream was Porky Pig suddenly becomes a very skinny pig. He is then hired as the spokespig for Weight Watchers. In the middle of an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, when asked if in fact he had undergone liposuction, Porky said tha tha that's all folks and stormed of the set. I wish you all the best. Enjoy you time on Earth and have a pleasant life. Love your family and be kind to animals.
Aug 29, 2012
The end was kind, and I thank you. All the best to you and yours as well!