NJ's Murphy's First Move: $7M to Planned Parenthood

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NJ is a state whose taxes are beyond burdensome, to the level of punitive, yet this clown, Murphy, has decided to give $7M to Planned Parenthood as his first move.

I'm sure those going to NJ because it's a Sanctuary State will be happy to hear that their American citizen children will be properly delivered, if nothing else.

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This is the first bill Murphy plans to sign as N.J. governor
Updated 2:36 PM; Posted 11:52 AM

By Jonathan D. Salant

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NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Gov. Phil Murphy will sign legislation restoring state funding for New Jersey's family planning and health clinics at a ceremony Wednesday, making it the first bill to become law under his administration.

Murphy, a Democrat, made the announcement Monday at a tele-town hall with supporters of Planned Parenthood, the women's health care provider that lost state funding for eight years under Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

"You all have been up against a governor and an administration that opposed funding women's health as a matter of politics, not as smart policy," Murphy said. "Turning our state around to again stand for the right values starts here and it starts now."

Murphy used his inaugural address to call on the state Legislature to restore $7.5 million in funding.

He said those who helped Democrats win the state elections last November and successfully pushed to restore family planning funding should not let up now.

"People's hair is on fire for good reason," Murphy said. "We're going to have to stay that way. We still have in President Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress a mindset in Washington that is hostile to our values and refuses to acknowledge the importance of investing in the health and future of our nation's women."

U.S. House Republicans tried to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood in their legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act, and Trump proposed doing the same in his budget for the 12 months beginning Oct. 1.

In addition, Trump called on Congress to try again to repeal the health care law and called for an end to the program by which New Jersey and other states expanded Medicaid coverage with the federal government picking up most of the tab (BUT...for only two years or so. After that, the entire tab is on the state!  As it is, NJ, NY, CT, cannot afford what they pay now!)

Murphy urged those on the conference call to turn their attention to this fall's races, where U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and all 12 U.S. House seats will be on the ballot.

"It's our immediate charge, while we're getting New Jersey right, to make sure we continue the passion, the level of engagement, in those elections this year with the hope to take one, of not both, of those chambers back nationally," Murphy said. "If we do that, we have a whole different reality."

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NYPD RANT 1998 to THEE RANT 7/13/2017 16,575 posts and who's counting?

are all the taxpayers from Whitelandia planning escape routes yet?

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One mulit-billionaire taxpayer left NJ in 2016, one who paid so much taxes that the state's Treasury had to have an emergency meeting to attempt to pave over the fact that this guy and his family paid about 2% of the state's budget.

www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/business/one-top-taxpayer-moved-and-new-jersey-shuddered.html

And this was in 2016....what does anyone think will happen with this guy Murphy spending money he doesn't have in 2018, and the inability to deduct state taxes on ones' 1040?

So, is there a "white flight" from NJ? Yes, and on all economic levels and for all reasons, too. The press tried to poo-poo it all, when it reported that, while the population of NJ decreased, there was a marked increase of "new arrivals" into the state. But, like with NYC's Bloomberg in his last days in office, when the question was asked as to what jobs and careers these new arrivals were gravitating to, there was silence. The "draw" to NJ...and NY...is their "generous" welfare package, of Medicaid, food stamps and welfare payments, the tab of which is NEVER mentioned. In NY's case, it's the second most "generous" in the nation, second only to Hawaii.

I'm hearing antidotal reports that there are "For Sale" signs going up in NJ in front of houses, similar in number to what was seen after the 2008 Democrat economic debacle, in neighborhoods with the most high-end houses.

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And he moved to Florida look at that. Welcome sir. 

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I guess the governor didn't want to lose the race to the bottom.

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday pledged to restore funding for Planned Parenthood if President Donald Trump makes good on his plan to block federal money for the health care clinics.

"If the Republicans who control our federal government are intent on rolling back access to quality health care and reproductive rights — and they have shown repeatedly that they are — it is our job as state leaders to stand up for our residents," Malloy said.

Both states are in deep financial trouble, but this crap takes precedence. OOPS, I forgot, they're demonRATS and care so much about the unions and working families. My bad!

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Connecticut is in such financial straits that one of the only "solutions" this guy Mallory can come up with is putting tolls back on Route 95 to New England.

Any politician who has to revert to, and depend on, "tolls" to keep the ship of state afloat had better keep his life jacket on.

And that means Cuomo the EDP, too.

For CT to start playing catch-up with NJ's Leftist spending is the height of political malfeasance.  It's so bad for business in CT that many companies are actually moving to Massachusetts in order to lower their tax responsibility.