Fiery op-ed on New Jersey’s fiscal woes:  Tax Detoxification, by Frank Scandale:

Taxes are the crack of New Jersey lawmakers. Pure and simple. The more they get, the more they want. The more they want, the more they need to get the same results. Once they get a hit, it feels good. But an hour later, they need another hit, and now they need a little more. Pretty soon, it gets pricey for a fix….

Tax is the only three-letter word I know that is actually a four-letter word. I lost count of the number of times I have heard a legislator or a local council person pledge not to raise taxes and then backtrack. It’s enough to drive a resident to Florida.

(Hat Tip:  Ben Cunningham.)