I Take No Joy in Raping and Pillaging

Chris Christie moves New Jersey into the 17th century:

Christie is cutting $475 million in aid to school districts, $62 million in aid to colleges and $12 million to hospital charity care. He is pulling all funding from the department of Public Advocate….He is cutting state subsidies for NJ Transit, a move Christie said could lead to higher fares or reduced services but would force the agency to become “more efficient and effective.”…

“I take no joy in having to make these decisions. I know these judgments will affect fellow New Jerseyans and will hurt,” Christie said. “This is not a happy moment. However, what choices do we have left?”…

Senate budget chairman Paul Sarlo (D-Bergen) said cutting funding for schools was not the same as cutting state spending, and would simply raise property taxes.

Chris Christie reprising the plan Christie Whitman used to “balance” the budget: the one created by Cokehead that has led to property taxes rising by 50% in the first seven years of this decade alone.