New Jersey would close its centralized car inspection lanes and motorists would pay for their own emissions tests under a sweeping set of recommendations set to be released by the Christie administration today.
State parks, psychiatric hospitals and even turnpike toll booths could also be run by private operators, according to the 57-page report on privatization obtained by The Star-Ledger. Preschool classrooms would no longer be built at public expense, state employees would pay for parking and private vendors would dish out food, deliver health care and run education programs behind prison walls.
All told, the report says, New Jersey could save at least $210 million a year by delivering an array of services through private hands.
"The question has to be, ‘Why do you continue to operate in a manner that’s more costly and less effective?’ rather than, ‘Why change?’ " said Richard Zimmer, the former Republican congressman who chaired the task force.
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Chris Christie has been a blessing for NJ residents. He's cut spending across the board, forced down tax raises, and is bringing business back to Jersey. In less then a year he's nearly assured himself of another term in the Garden State, with some saying a Presidential run may very well be in his future. Thanks CC for doing the tough work, hopefully some other states find a guy/gal like you!
ReplyDeleteChristie is ridding the state of all those government employee scumbags that permeate all forms of government in this country.
ReplyDeleteI used to have respect for those in government, now I look at them for what they are. Freeloading overcompensated scumbags that can't make it in the private sector were you success is directly tied to you performance.