NJ’s Trenton Phil Murphy, the governor of New Jersey, appears to have had enough of spending at the bottom and is now advocating for salary freezes and budget cuts.
One opponent in the New Jersey State Senate stated that the spending binge could not continue indefinitely.
Republicans have criticized Governor Phil Murphy’s recent order for state departments to reduce expenditure by 5%, claiming that the financial burden was predictable and preventable.
The budget cuts were condemned by Senator Michael Testa (R-1) as a belated reaction to what he saw as years of unbridled fiscal policies by Trenton Democrats. According to a statement released on Sunday, Governor Murphy only needed to listen to my Republican colleagues and myself in the Legislature to realize that terrible circumstances were imminent for New Jersey.
Last week, the spending cut order was issued as New Jersey faces increasing budgetary challenges. Republican offers for modest spending cuts, according to Testa, may have lessened the current financial difficulties but were rejected in favor of what he called a seven-year spending spree.
Although his administration has pointed to increased prices and national economic instability as reasons for the state’s tightening budget, Murphy has not yet publicly addressed Republican criticisms.
However, Testa rejected their justifications and urged the governor to implement GOP cost-cutting initiatives.
“We’d probably have a better chance of persuading Hannibal Lecter to give up meat for Lent, but if Governor Murphy really wants to clean up the mess he’s created, he would embrace Republican cost-saving proposals,” Testa continued.
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