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Why Are People Fleeing the Garden State?

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    NJ Assembly GOP Leader Jon Bramnick on the exodus from New Jersey.

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According to the latest migrations study from united -- lines.

New Jersey is the number one state people are leaving hopefully for greener pastures not California we always talk about that a company.

Joining us -- Republican leader of the new Jersey's assembly John Kramnik the jobless in the had abandoned leaving them is an exodus out of New Jersey what's going on.

Wolf for ten years before Governor Christie took over the Democrats ran our state they raise taxes a 115.

Times.

They raise the corporate tax they raised cigarette tax erased everything property tax and -- that would explain that ten year accidents that we that we've seen and from the Census Bureau and others but -- -- -- Whether leading because people don't decide in the next month -- was a process for people said we want to leave they scheduled eBay seller house and they go.

Chris Christie's turn that around with the slowest escalation -- property tax in twenty years now see you're gonna see a reversal when people realize some new Jersey's change.

Think new Jersey's going to be able to compete with states.

-- that are now talking about a -- this eliminating the state income tax that's very.

Sort of encouraging to people like me I wanna sort of run over -- if -- could move on an everyday I would of Louisiana Bobby Jindal out there talking about this.

How states like New Jersey -- new York and compete with that.

Well that's what we're doing of the governor actually -- state income tax reduction Democrats haven't passed it.

The the -- -- is a lot of options for jobs opportunities are great but people don't wanna pay the high taxes.

That's why this governor has been so effective with the Republicans in the legislature changing -- in our state and I think we're gonna make -- -- I think we're also -- In our you can couldn't confirm that justice in more people moving into New Jersey was so sprawling.

We'll where you're making new millionaires -- always committed and there has to be a lot of buzz and excitement with you get in the Super Bowl 2014.

Well we like to -- -- but we also created private sector jobs 75000.

New private sector jobs since its governor's taken.

Walters.

The we've reduced government jobs and that's a trend it governors set an example for the nation no question about it and were on the move I can guarantee that aren't well but.

Hit everybody here's the problem though and and -- -- -- product.

Competition against these other states in those immediate talk just now abouts lowering.

You know taxes and things like that reversing them that -- them off the table I live in New Jersey.

Is it is you know by the time you know Uncle Sam gets me in -- -- It it's just and then you know -- takes their cut its growing it's it's devastating I can't Kansas City -- -- -- survived.

There is or they had hasn't gone past the point of inflection in other words can it survive can and actually change its tax policy is the one that you talked about -- -- -- years.

Because they've become addicted to that kind of money -- and in.

Well we've already done that with a 2% property taxes -- cap.

As well as this slowing of property tax would you say reversal.

First you have to stop the bleeding with the governor and actually a bipartisan basis we don't have that we put a tourniquet on but how -- we've -- how to weed killer real quick what what.

We've we've put caps on arbitration meaning that you can have public employees get -- 7% raises we'd done that and also with a special place to live.

You may wanna live and other ports -- nation with a lot of opportunities in New Jersey lot of creative ways to go right right jurors aren't out -- thankful we appreciate thank you.

So you don't.

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