Daily Record Letter - Little hope for this corrupt state

Every so often you see something that speaks completely for itself. The following is a letter to the editor of the Daily Record that really sums up the state of things in New Jersey. It is printed in its entirety.

To the editor:

Wednesday's Daily Record contained what was practically an inventory list of what's going wrong in New Jersey. In a single day, the following items appeared:

• The state, already up to its eyeballs in debt, borrows more money for school construction after previously running through billions for the same purpose without achieving the stated goals of that funding. Much of that money disappeared, unaccounted for.

• With great fanfare, Gov. Jon Corzine signs legislation to expand state level government-funded health insurance coverage. The fact that Jersey is broke seems of no consideration.

• Corzine expresses his desire to further expand government-funded health insurance to achieve universal health insurance. Again, the fact that Jersey is deeply in debt seems of no consequence to him or his party.

• Several hundred jobs left New Jersey from the pharmaceutical industry, supposedly a crucial employment sector for the state.

Days like that leave little hope for a turnaround in this mismanaged, corrupt state.

John Rice

Morristown

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