NEWJERSEY: Someone recognizes that “inflation” leads to “bracket creep” because we don’t have “honest money”

Sunday, May 24, 2026

https://patch.com/new-jersey/southbrunswick/s/kbg3t/as-inflation-skyrockets-this-nj-bill-aims-to-prevent-hidden-tax-hikes?user_email=6977bb79afc18d89968a6a0494d4b398a8e9e97df94217a36edb8fcfd93b518e&user_email_md5=cff302c94eb4f6351922680bba576fdd&lctg=512c02461e240a9c3f318080

As Inflation Skyrockets, This NJ Bill Aims To Prevent Hidden Tax Hikes

  • The bill would combat what’s known as a “stealth tax increase” or “tax bracket creep.”

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Jack Slocum, Patch Staff
Posted Fri, May 15, 2026 at 11:40 am ET

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Senate Republican Leader Anthony M. Bucco (R-Morris, Passaic) has introduced bipartisan legislation that would index New Jersey’s gross income tax brackets annually for inflation, consistent with the federal government’s policies.

As inflation hits 3.8 percent, the highest it’s been since 2023, many salaried or fixed-income residents may see an increase in funds to account for rising costs. However, this could propel them into another tax bracket, effectively forcing them to pay more in taxes while having the same buying power as before.

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Why is there no more “penny candy”, “nickel cigars”, “dime comic books”, or “quarter a gallon gas”?

Answer: It’s the FED and the Federal Gooferment’s spending.

It you go back to “Robinson Caruso’s island”, them you’d realize that when the banker comes and makes paper money, there is no limit to how much that banner issues regardless of how many coconuts he has in his cave.  (Yeah yeah, go back to the old goldsmiths that gave more receipts for gold ounces on deposit with them than they have in their vault.  On the theory, that no one would ever realize the fact.  A “run on the bank” is when “We, The Sheeple” realize the fraud and rush to withdraw their gold before it’s all gone. Sigh!  Rubes!).  Today’s banks are the same type of Ponzi scheme except the Gooferment “guarantees” deposits.   Just wait until the “run” happens and you’ll find out just how few of the paper dollars a branch has!

Go watch “It’s a Wonderful Life”. The movie illustrates the concept of fractional reserve lending and the potential consequences of a loss of confidence in a bank.

Now translate it today, when there is no “George Bailey” to save your bank (i.e., the savings and loan).

There is a reason that survivalists don’t trust “banks” and save in “beans, bullets, band aid, and bullion”.  (And maybe ₿ aka bitcoin!)

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NEWJERSEY: Forging hundreds of voter registration applications

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

https://nj1015.com/forged-voter-applications-plainfield/?alef=&lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=mnhlcy7a57&utm_campaign=democrat_admits_voter_fraud&utm_medium=email&utm_source=letterhead&utm_term=nj1015&di=5dee59a988d78dda1c830fead5b041f3

Former Plainfield mayoral candidate pleads guilty to forging voter registrations
Rick Rickman Published: April 30, 2026

  • Ex-mayor candidate admits forging nearly 1,000 voter forms in NJ Democratic primary
  • Failed Plainfield mayor candidate admits forging hundreds of voter registration forms before 2021 primary.
  • Investigators say he was caught carrying nearly 1,000 fake applications at an Elizabeth post office.
  • Prosecutors plan to seek probation, not prison, at June sentencing.

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PLAINFIELD — A failed candidate for mayor has admitted to forging hundreds of voter registration applications in the days leading up to a major election.

Henrilynn Ibezim, 71, pleaded guilty to third-degree forgery in Superior Court in Union County earlier this week. But he likely faces no time behind bars, according to the Attorney General’s Office.

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Probation!

What kind of message does that send to deter future crime?

We need tougher sentences and some institutional discipline.

Perhaps the various Democratic (or Republican) party organizations should be fined a million bucks.  That should send a message!

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Whatever happened to the famous “clean hands”?

Saturday, April 4, 2026

https://nj1015.com/workers-rights-immigration-status-nj/?alef=&lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=cusy9rx0mh&di=e30645710cafb597f9350d761535fb4a

Rick Rickman
Published: March 20, 2026
NJ law protects workers who are in the country illegally, court rules 

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  • Top court rules all workers must be paid regardless of immigration status
  • Employer who hired immigrant worker now on the hook for years of unpaid labor
  • Decision impacts all businesses using off-the-books employees.

The highest court in New Jersey has ruled that all employees must be paid for their work, including unauthorized immigrants hired illegally.

Under federal law, employers cannot hire unauthorized migrants. Civil penalties for businesses that break this law range from $250 to $10,000 per person hired illegally. Employers who engage in a pattern of hiring unauthorized migrants can face up to six months in prison.

In New Jersey, state law requires employers to pay their workers overtime and at least minimum wage. Put simply, a person must be paid for their work. The state Department of Labor says it enforces the law “without regard to immigration status.”

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However, Chief Justice Rabner said the lower court ignored the employer’s responsibility to keep accurate records.

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Whatever happened to the famous “clean hands” criteria made famous from Judge Judy?

Remember the sources of my education: I’m just a fat old white guy low index Jasper injineer with “degrees” in: Law from watching Judge Judy, Medicine from watching Doctor Phil, Building from watching “Holmes on Homes”, Investing from watching Bernie Made-off, and sensitively Managing Human Resources from watching Chef Ramsey. 

What the Chief Justice ignores is that while “employers cannot hire unauthorized migrants” Lopez AND Ruane BOTH knew he was an unauthorized immigrant. 

Therefore, IMHO, neither had “clean hands” and the matter should have been immediately dismissed.  The Chief Justice should have: remanded both Lopez and Ruane to jail, notified ICE about Lopez and Ruane to the Federal Deputy Attorney General for New Jersey. 

Also, Congress, and Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee politicians and bureaucrats should ALL get a collective kick in the ass for “birthright citizenship” and an insane non-recognition of peaceful law abiding “illegal immigrants”.   

If I was “king”, I’d solve this in a heartbeat.  

  • Change the rules about federal funds for States who don’t abide by or hinder Federal law (i.e., don’t take federal funds if you don’t want to follow federal law).
  • End “birthright citizenship” PERIOD!
  • ALL peaceful “illegal immigrants” get a green card which is IMMEDIATELY revoked upon a felony convictions.  
  • Naturalized citizens are “denaturalized” IMMEDIATELY  if they committed fraud or a felony.
  • Illegal immigrants, who came is as children, get a green card and must abide here in peace without committing fraud or felonies.  (We don’t punish people for what their parents do!)

Simple, easy to understand, fair to the 

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Lt. John Farnkopf American Legion Post 401 bar closes

Thursday, March 26, 2026

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Lt. John Farnkopf American Legion Post 401

Our last official “closing the bar” event at Post 401 will be held on March 27. After March, Post 401 will no longer sell liquor as we are not renewing our “club bar license”.

Janine will be hosting and she has arranged live music for our event, see below: Many thanks to Janine, Juan, and Gary for your support and servicing the Bar.

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Sad, it was “killed” by the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee’s over reaction to Covid and all the high “taxes” (i.e., license frees) and onerous regulations on a tiny organization. Well done Gooferment! Argh!

I guess the Gooferment doesn’t want civil societies to exist that don’t serve the State.

Argh!

A plague on all the parasitic politicians and bureaucrats!

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NEWJERSEY: The wealthiest residents and businesses to chip in — not voluntarily!

Monday, March 16, 2026

https://patch.com/new-jersey/southbrunswick/s/k3z6t/sherrill-looks-to-end-crisis-5-takeaways-from-nj-budget-address?user_email=6977bb79afc18d89968a6a0494d4b398a8e9e97df94217a36edb8fcfd93b518e&user_email_md5=cff302c94eb4f6351922680bba576fdd&lctg=512c02461e240a9c3f318080

Sherrill Looks To End Crisis: 5 Takeaways From NJ Budget Address

  • What might get cut – and how much? Are any new taxes on the table? Here’s the latest update from Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

Eric Kiefer, Patch Staff
Posted Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 2:54 pm ET
Updated Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 8:49 pm ET

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MORE MONEY

Sherill has insisted that her administration is not planning to raise taxes on New Jerseyans. Her administration recently released a policy blueprint that cites a plan to boost revenues without new taxes.

The governor repeated that message again Tuesday, saying that her budget proposal “does not raise taxes on individual New Jerseyans.”

Instead, the state will be looking to its wealthiest residents and businesses to chip in.

Sherrill said her budget proposal will pare back corporate tax breaks in the state, capping the deduction that our highest-earning companies can take for net operating losses.

“After COVID, more started claiming this deduction, to write off losses seen in those years,” she said. “It’s time to move on. We won’t keep shortchanging the future. Limiting this loophole saves taxpayers almost $500 million dollars.”

At the same time, some companies have been using a deduction that was introduced 15 years ago to help small businesses weather the Great Recession, she said: the Alternative Business Calculation.

“The whole point was to level the playing field for entrepreneurs,” Sherrill said. “But bigger companies started using it, too. So our budget limits that deduction to the actual small businesses it was meant for, capping eligibility at business income of a million dollars a year.”

“The car repair shop and the diner down the block are the ones who should benefit,” Sherrill said. “This fix will save another $120 million dollars a year – without taxing families a dollar more.”

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[<synonym for excrement from a male cow>!

First, “chip in” should be voluntary.  There ain’t nothing voluntarily. 

Second, any increase in State spending is a tax on everybody in the State.

Third, corporations are just a legal fiction.  Only REAL PEOPLE pay taxes.  So in everything you buy, their costs are in that product.  Buy a bar of soap and an uncalculable sliver of the cost is taxes —  Fed tax, State tax, gas tax to get it to you, real estate tax for the store you bought it from —  you can’t figure it out, but it’s there!

 … … … … and the politicians and bureaucrats like it that way.  

Why do people know about sales taxes?  Because it is broken out and printed on every receipt!

Argh!

Let’s break out the effect of EVERY tax so “We, The Sheeple” can see how badly they are being robbed!

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2026-03Mar-12

https://nj1015.com/sherrill-budget-impact-businesses/?alef=&lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=vypudpl6xz&di=0bab583a05e28e6772cd8a0bf9b4db7f

Corporations don’t pay taxes.  They are a FICTION! Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Garden State Gov. Mikie Sherrill positioned herself as a reasonable, middle-of-the-road candidate — fooled some of us!

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Texas Democrat James Talarico’s ‘moderate’ act exposes his party’s new scam
https://nypost.com/2026/03/05/opinion/texas-democrat-james-talaricos-moderate-act-exposes-his-partys-new-scam/

Texas Democrat James Talarico’s ‘moderate’ act exposes his party’s new scam
By Karol Markowicz
Published March 5, 2026, 6:46 p.m. ET

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So voters need to look deeper at these “normal” Democrats, because the staid moderate act only lasts so long.

Just look at New Jersey and Virginia, whose new governors both veered sharply left after running “moderate” campaigns.

Garden State Gov. Mikie Sherrill positioned herself as a reasonable, middle-of-the-road candidate. She ran on affordability issues and rarely mentioned immigration.

Upon taking office, she immediately signed an executive order limiting United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity on state property — and started pushing a 7% sales tax hike.

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​Two faced lying grifters.

But how do “we” fix it?

Clearly “We, The Sheeple” have no recourse to lying politicians, who fool us into voting for them.  We need a better “system” but I don’t know what that would be.

Perhaps, a smaller, more decentralized, prganizational principle might work better.

Instead of large “States”, we should have size limits based on area, population, and age distribution.  Maybe a “county” might be even too big.  It would have to balance overhead versus efficiency.   Now some municipalities are larger than foreign countries.  

States like Wyoming are not “equal” to cities like New York, Los Angeles, or any big metro area.  Imagine the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerk being divided into governing bodies of less than 100,000 people?  Power to the people!

Technology makes smaller governance groups possible without travel.

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NEWJERSEY: The bureaucrats say”sorry you’re screwed’ — unacceptable

Friday, March 6, 2026

https://local.newsbreak.com/newark-nj/4523831327303-new-jersey-residents-who-rely-on-snap-say-their-moneys-been-swiped?s=dmg_local_email_bucket_13.web2_fromweb&emailId=z64XZlT&uid=-1

Newark
New Jersey residents who rely on SNAP say their money’s been swiped
By Naomi Yané,
11 hours ago

<< EDITOR ADDED DATE 2026-03-05>>

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And Wilson isn’t the only one whose card is being used without ever having lost the physical card. A News 12 viewer sent in a video of a line outside the Family Services building in Jersey City with people trying to figure out who was swiping their benefits.

News 12 reached out to the Hudson County Executive’s Office, which said they’ve seen a surge in scams targeting SNAP and Work First New Jersey benefit recipients.

“The Hudson County Law Department, via its Office of Consumer Affairs, will investigate these thefts and will be in contact with state law enforcement officials to provide monetary relief to victims,” a spokesperson for the office wrote in part.

However, a statement from the State Department of Human Services stated in part, “New Jersey is currently unable to use federal or state funds to restore SNAP or Work First New Jersey cash assistance benefits stolen on or after December 21, 2024, unless federal funding and spending authority is reinstated.”

Back in Essex County, Wilson, like many SNAP Benefit recipients, was told to lock her card when it’s not in use. As for her bare cupboards, she’s forced to stretch what’s already there until next month and she’ll likely have to hit a food pantry.

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Seriously, and what does this person do until the politicians and bureaucrats get off their collective asses and fix it.

I doubt that’s what VISA, MaterCard, or WalMart would say.

Unless they have some reason to suspect fraud by the recipient (happened last month or more than once), they should IMMEDIATELY replace the card with emergency funds.  Or dispense some traditional paper food stamps?

I wouldn’t accept that answer for any of my credit card companies.  Would you?

Argh!

This is completely UNACCEPTABLE!

Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: On The Border is closing the new brunswick location

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

On The Border is closing the new brunswick location on Sunday 2026-02Feb-22. According to the bartender, they can’t afford the rent. The employees got a weeks notice and no severance. They may be able to transfer to another OTB location like Princeton. I guess the developers want something more “up scale”? Demonstrates that there is no such thing as “loyalty” to Anyone — employees, Customers, suppliers. Argh!

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NEWJERSEY: Criminal aliens roaming the USA should be as rare as a three dollar bill!

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

https://nj1015.com/dhs-detainer-hernando-garciamorales/?alef=&lh_aid=84349&lh_cid=tm089907ey&di=ed5c64d00383abf01e061e10dd05b8c7

nj1015.com
‘Sanctuary state failure’: Trump administration targets NJ after bus rock attack suspect stayed free
Dan Alexander Published: January 26, 2026

  • DHS has a detainer on the man accused of throwing a rock at a school bus
  • Hernando Garciamorales was charged with burglary in 2006 but remained free
  • DHS blames New Jersey’s sanctuary policies for allowing the suspect to remain free

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Hernando Garciamorales, a Mexican national, confessed to police that he threw a rock at the school bus carrying students from the Yeshivat Noam Jewish school home from a class trip on Jan. 4. The rock seriously injured the skull of a schoolgirl

During his detention hearing, prosecutors said Garciamorales had been charged with burglary in 2006 and was not taken into custody on the charge until 2023.

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin blamed New Jersey for being a “sanctuary state,” which she says allowed Garciamorales to be released multiple times. It’s not known when Garciamorales entered the United States.

“ICE has lodged an arrest detainer against this monster, and we hope New Jersey’s sanctuary politicians will help us keep him off American streets for good. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, criminal illegal aliens have no place in the U.S.,” McLaughlin said.

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I’ve always said that Gooferment is at all levels immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. As well as untrustworthy.

Here’s a classic example, an illegal alien charged in 2006 and free to roam for “forever”.  Until he commits a shocking hate crime, do all the politicians and bureaucrats get into gear.

Argh!

Criminal aliens roaming the USA should be like pink elephants, jumbo shrimp, and free lunch, nonexistent!

Anywhere in the USA but also in the Pepuls Republik of Nu Jerzee!

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NEWJERSEY: Time to eliminate “pardons” at all levels of Gooferment

Thursday, January 29, 2026

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15484339/new-jersey-governor-phil-murphy-pardon-harris-jacobs-atlantic-city.html

Sleazy Democrat governor pre-emptively pardoned friend’s killer son hours before jury convicted him of hit-and-run death of pedestrian, 76
By EMMA RICHTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published: 12:22 EST, 21 January 2026 | Updated: 14:53 EST, 21 January 2026

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy pre-emptively pardoned the killer son of his lawyer friend hours before a jury convicted him of killing an elderly man in a hit-and-run.

As part of his 97 pardons granted on Tuesday, the Democrat exonerated Harris Jacobs shortly before a jury found him guilty of fatally hitting Orlando Fraga, 76, with his car in September 2022.

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According to Barbone, his client was informed by the state attorney that a pardon would be granted at 7:30 a.m. The pardon was officially issued at 8.30am by Murphy.

Barbone told the Daily Mail ‘we did not have it by the time the jury announced it had a verdict at 10am.’

Because the conviction came in, Harris’s legal team is working to vacate it ‘based on proof the pardon was granted prior to the jury’s verdict,’ Barbone added.

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OK, enough of this political nonsense.  The “Governor”, and by extension the President, is not a “king” who can dispense “pardons” without any check or balance.

Let’s start with the autopen Biden pardons, and move along to Murphy’s last minute signing of what’s described as hundreds. Fact and 

The autopen espisode should mean that pardons can ONLY be signed in person during a joint session of the Legislature.  That should solve the problem of authenticity and volume of pardons.

The last minute signing frenzy means that the public may only find out after the fact and may not have the opportunity to inform their “representatives” of their opinion.

We should know what rationale was used to “grant” a pardon.  Was there a quid pro quo before or after?  Was there some “great injustice” that needed to be remedied?  Was it to recognize that a “wrong” needed to be “righted”?

When I am “king” I will have jury of my citizens advise on specific cases.

I should I’ve so long!

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