Jersey Girl.

NJ's to the left!

Sure it might seem like we're progressive, but our local government is so corrupt that it's beyond disgusting. Although I like the fact that we seem to be one of the most progressive states because I lean to the left myself (and I'm a little disgusted at myself with this) but I actually agree with this Republican from Morris County:

The liberal legacy in New Jersey won’t be abolishing the death penalty and apologizing for slavery, he said. It will be high taxes and deep deficits. “What we’re not doing is talking about reducing property taxes or reducing the flight of people from New Jersey,” he said.

Not that I pay property tax because I rent, but I used to live in Perth Amboy and knew what the property tax is there. It was beyond ridiculous and it keeps getting ridiculous. Maybe the reason for the large number of wealthy people in NJ is due to the fact that the middle class can't afford it anymore!

We might be leaning too far to the left, into the red and I don't mean Communism, but towards increased state debt!

It's nice having all these liberal perks and benefits, (although in my opinion civil union does not equal marriage in any way shape or form, but that's another entry.) but at what cost and more specifically at what cost to the working middle class? So high that I who enjoy these perks can't afford to live here? Honestly, Pennsylvania is not a pretty place and there's only one other place in this country I could even slightly imagine myself in. That place is A LOT farther from home!