TRENTON, N.J. – In their response to Gov. Phil Murphy’s fiscal 2021 budget message to the Legislature Tuesday, Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick and Assemblyman Hal Wirths, the Republican budget officer, criticized the six new taxes and fees, $2.2 billion spending increase and lack of any relief for New...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick is calling on Gov. Phil Murphy to look at where New Jersey stands in tax rankings, business climate and debt. The state is consistently among, if not the, nation’s worst in all three areas. “The income tax, sales tax, corporation business tax,...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick thinks Murphy is out of touch with a majority of New Jerseyans, who struggle to afford the state’s high taxes. “Murphy doesn’t get it,” said Bramnick (R-Union). “He wants to raise taxes and spending again, which is a disaster for the...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick called on Gov. Phil Murphy to sign legislation fixing a 2018 law that inadvertently taxed owners of summer rentals. The bill (A4814) has been sitting on his desk since June 27. “Quick action is needed to save what remains of the...
TRENTON, N.J. – In response to a Bloomberg state-to-state migration study that found New Jersey to be one of the biggest losers of income, Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick issued a warning to Trenton Democrats. “To avoid losing more residents, we need to stop these tax-and-spend policies now,” said...
TRENTON, N.J. – How many new taxes have been passed since the Democrats took control of the legislature? Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick rolls out a 14-foot list of 135 new taxes passed since 2002 in a GOP web ad posted this week. WATCH: How many new taxes are...
TRENTON, N.J. – In an effort to provide relief to taxpayers, Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips pushes towns to pledge against passing a rain tax. “Over the past few days I have joined Assemblyman Ryan Peters by imploring municipalities to oppose the rain tax by taking the ‘no rain tax’ pledge...
TRENTON, N.J. –The state has the worst business climate in the region. “New Jersey lost 9,300 private sector jobs last month because of tax madness,” said Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick. “The national economy achieved job growth, but our numbers haven’t been this bad since 2011.” New Jersey’s taxes...
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. – Assemblyman John DiMaio (R-Warren), the Republican budget officer, penned an op-ed for The Star-Ledger Wednesday encouraging New Jerseyans to attend public hearings on the state budget to speak out against the Democrats’ tax increases while the biggest problem is that our state is too expensive in...