Taxes are so bad in New Jersey that they're driving billions of dollars in wealth to other states, and Democratic governors are to blame for the losses between 2004 and 2008, according to Gov. Chris Christie. But PolitiFact New Jersey's Truth-O-Meter studied New Jersey's wealth migration patterns and found that Christie's claim is Barely True. Read our full report...
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Taxes are so bad in New Jersey that they're driving billions of dollars in wealth to other states, and Democratic governors are to blame for the losses between 2004 and 2008, according to Gov. Chris Christie.
But PolitiFact New Jersey's Truth-O-Meter studied New Jersey's wealth migration patterns and found that Christie's claim is Barely True.
Read our full report at PolitiFactNJ.com and then return to this page to join the conversation on the ruling.
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