Farmers Expose Corzine's Fake Budget Cuts.

In an NJHerald.com article yesterday, it seems clear that farmers have figured out the scam that Corzine is perpetuating in regard to the budget.

One squealing piglet wore a T-shirt Tuesday that delivered their message succinctly: "Cut the Pork, Not the Department of Agriculture."

Angered by the governor's proposal to eliminate the popular department, more than 1,000 farmers, nursery operators and supporters — many riding tractors or hauling landscaping equipment — rallied in front of the state Capitol.

While the protest was not short for symbolism, it represented an opportunity to expose Corzine's plans for what they really represent.

Sen. Steve Oroho, R-24, said he found it "appalling" that Corzine wants to eliminate the Department of Agriculture while continuing to pay for attorneys to analyze other parts of his budget proposals. While cutting the department would save about $500,000, Oroho said in a statement that a "politically connected" law firm was paid about $9 million to study Corzine's proposal to raise fees on New Jersey toll roads.

So, in case we are aren't getting it. Corzine eliminates a very small department to save allegedly 4 million. Of course the 4 million is not the savings as it represents the entire budget of the department whose mission will still need to be accomplished. The net savings is likely a half a million dollars.

At the same time, Corzine is paying an outside law firm 9 million taxpayer dollars to study ways to extract more taxpayer dollars via his toll tax plan. Corzine refuses to address real money saving efforts and instead keeps picking fights with small constituencies to make press about how he has tried to do his job in cutting spending but can't get it done. It is politically cynical. If he wants a fight, he should go after the teachers unions and the public employee unions which are the cause of our bloated state budget. But he doesn't have the guts for that. How could he?

He is literally in bed with the unions. Or was.

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