And so, my truth is that I am a gay American, |
Any plan to stimulate the country's sagging economy can't succeed unless the states are part of the economic recovery, ... And yet the stimulus package offered by the president fails to provide a single dollar in aid to the states. |
At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is, |
because so many of our employees work in close proximity to the financial markets, we have been hard-hit by the downturn, both on the Nasdaq and the exchange. |
excited to give the government back to the people. |
For this is an intensely personal decision and not one typically for the public domain, ... Yet, it cannot and should not pass. |
In this shadow of unconscionable strife and infamy, we come here today to shed light, ... We dedicate ourselves to this hallowed ground such that they may never be forgotten, and their lives may not have been given in vain. |
It breaks down the secrecy, it requires hospitals to report this information, |
It was just two years ago that we were enjoying the benefits of the longest continuous period of economic growth in our nation's history, |
It was spending patterns of the state historically during 10 years of unprecedented economic prosperity. States began simply to assume that economic growth was going to continue in perpetuity. So part of it was realigning state spending to be much more realistic, to understand the reality of the economic cycle. But here in the state of New Jersey, we confronted the realities of the national economy. Income tax revenues are down 13 percent, |
We had a focus in terms of providing more money for public education, a slight increase to state aid to municipalities, when other states took far more Draconian measures, in terms of reducing the school week to four days, ... Actually, some states talked about letting prisoners loose. |
We're providing for strong employee identification, |