Campaign phone
973-897-1873
Campaign Address
P.O. Box 642, Lake Hopatcong, NJ 07849
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Affordability has been the primary concern for New Jerseyans for a long time now. The reason affordability has become an intractable problem in NJ is due to the size of our State government. Our State's annual budget is nearing $60 billion dollars and it has caused the private-sector to abandon any hope of operating profitably in our State. The governments of NJ have succeeded in making themselves "the only game in town" and we cannot all work for the government. We need to strike a balance between serving the people with an effective government and leaving enough room for private investors to come here and realize profit margins that promote further investment and growth in our private-sector economy. It can be done but government programs are not the answer. We need to free up private-sector employers to return to NJ and get people working again in industries that create growth. Increasing public-sector employment does not create growth it creates public debt.
Transparency. Not the type of transparency that politicians harp on over and over again. In this country, the government works for the people not the other way around. Our problem with transparency is endemic. We need transparency from the State level all the way down to our Town and Borough Councils. In NJ there are entirely too many people that get involved with public office for the financial benefit that it brings them. The people need to be made aware of how the elected benefit and the true reason why some people decide to run for office. Also, we need greater participation from the public in our governmental processes. There are far too many things that get decided privately and that needs to be reformed.
Reduce taxes, now! Let the private-sector economy operate without having to worry about leakage created by this or that government program. If investors and entrepreneurs need to continually calculate their losses due to government programs they will not operate here. Our State budget is bloated and we collect more revenue than we need.
S2 needs to be reformulated, immediately. Redirect funds collected for failing or outdated governmental programs and appropriate them to education.
I happen to be the only Hispanic, bilingual by the way, in the Republican Caucus in Trenton. I am the first-generation child of a mother from Argentina and a father who escaped Cuba. My parents came to this country in the 1960's because of governments in their respective countries that were an abject failure. In some cases, repressive to the point of killing people who disagreed with them. Being an American is a great privilege to me and I will always defend my nation's sovereign right to defend its borders and define itself from within. I'm reminded of what a great leader once said. "There are too many people that believe that there is something sophisticated about believing the best of those who hate our country and the worst of those who defend it". I don't suffer from that problem.
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