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I've been reading this thread and was not going to reply but just couldn't help myself. The government fails to look on the revenue side of things (creating tax revenue by creating jobs) because its too difficult and not going to happen with the current economic conditions in NJ. When was the last time you heard of a corporation moving headquarters, creating headquarters, moving a plant or relocating a plant to NJ? Everything is moving out of NJ because of the high cost of living, stressful environment and disgruntled employees. The "quality of living" is poor,, meaning traffic, congestion and high cost. My job as a computer programmer is now gone to
either Bangalore India or Oak Ridge Tennesee. To get a job again as a programmer is extremely difficult due to the exodus out of NJ or the offshoring to Russia and India. Its far cheaper to run a datacenter in Tennesee than it is in NJ. The jobs that are being created are not family
sustaining jobs. They are low wage service sector jobs. The higher income
jobs are moving out of NJ. These are just facts. It's really not a fixable
situation. I saw a quote where one of the lawmakers said NJ is a Katrina
economy without the storms. So if I was a young person or a young family who needed a income to live i would definitely look to move out of NJ. And
also stay away from computer careers.
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