Property taxes in New Jersey have increased dramatically in the last 10 years, and taxpayers in Passaic County pay among the highest property taxes as a percentage of their median income. Indeed, the economic problems in our state have degenerated into full-blown structural instability requiring immediate reconstruction. The past efforts to shore up the walls of our economically crumbling home have proven unsound, because the foundation has been sinking into a swamp of political expediency.
