Today is Election Day!

Don't forget to vote today. Mid-term elections are important as a lot of the folks that are closest to us (and control our local budgets) are being voted on. In NJ there are plenty of taxpayer ballot questions that need to be voted on.

From http://www.taxpayerminute.com/:

THREE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE NO ON BALLOT QUESTIONS THIS NOVEMBER

VOTE NO ON Question 1!
YES on Question 1 is a vote for an 8% sales tax.Last year, Governor Corzine and his legislature raised the sales tax from 6% to 7% with the promise of property tax relief. Now they want voters to "permanently dedicate" a 1% sales tax for increased "aid."What Question 1 is really all about is raising the sales tax to 8%. If Question 1 passes, revenues "lost" to "property tax relief" (which never goes to suburban and rural homeowners) will have to be made up with higher sales taxes.Question 1 is a feeble attempt to fool voters into raising their own taxes so corrupt urban politicians can waste more of our money.

VOTE NO ON Question 2!
YES on Question 2 is a vote for a risky scheme Wall Street won't fund.Question 2 uses deceptive language to imply that this is a vote to fund adult stem cell research projects actually producing cures to diseases. But this science needs no government funding. Wall Street and the Drug Companies are already paying for it.Instead, Question 2 asks voters to give away a half billion dollar corporate welfare handout for Embryonic Stem Cell experiments involving human cloning. While they claim this money will cure diseases ranging from Cancer to Alzheimer's to Diabetes, 35 years of this "Fetal Tissue Research" hasn't cured anything. Nothing at all. It's the ultimate taxpayer rip-off.

VOTE NO ON Question 3!
YES on Question 3 is a vote for Eminent Domain.Question 3 gives the state the power and money to begin "negotiations" with homeowners who live near rivers to sell their land to the state for "open space" -- part of an ongoing effort to stop construction of one family homes in New Jersey in favor of high density attached townhouses, condominiums and apartment buildings.While the question says land will only be taken from "willing sellers" does anyone think a homeowner or small business owner will have any leverage when a judge or bureaucrat decides that "preserving Open Space" is more important than your property rights.

Jen's note: One of the things that is not noted above, but was discussed on NJ 101.5 last week, was that if the State can not pay back the bonds it issues to fund stem cell research and other things, it will raise taxes to do so. Since the State is already in debt, what makes you think they'll be able to pay anything back?

DON'T FORGET TO GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!!!!!