He keeps on like this, and we’ll start talking him up for President in 2012:
Gov. Chris Christie will propose a constitutional amendment limiting annual property tax increases to 2.5 percent when he introduces a budget Tuesday that will seek fundamental changes in spending at every level of government, according to administration officials with knowledge of the plan…
…The governor’s $29.3 billion budget will shave $2.9 billion off state spending from last year, about a 9 percent drop. The cuts include reductions in aid to municipalities and school districts, said two officials, who spoke to The Star-Ledger on the condition of anonymity ahead of the speech.
Imagine if we had a President who had the guts to cut our national budget by 9%. That would work out, next year, to about $325 billion. We’d still spend more than $3.2 trillion, so its not like we’re asking for granny to be thrown out on the street. But at least some attempt at stopping the bleeding – some attempt to avert complete fiscal disaster.
But, we won’t get any of that. If anything, Obama will spend even more than projected – and as his policies flounder, we can expect revenues to continue to drop, meaning an even worse deficit. We don’t have a President who even understands the concept of setting priorities – a President who understands there is a real limit to the amount of debt we can carry, and we’re pretty much already there.
Governor Christie, on the other hand, has shown rare courage ever since he took office. We’ll now see if he has the grit to carry this out. He faces a Democrat-controlled legislature and there will be legal challenges, especially to his proposed cuts in education. If he has the courage, he’ll stare down these challenges and emerge as a tribune of the people…and set himself on a fast track to higher things, if not in 2012, then at some point.
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