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Nor is a winning Republican effort at the polls this year. Imagine a couple with a few kids trying to get by on $100,000 a year in the middle-class Hunterdon County town of Flemington. With commuting expenses, possible college tuition and other costs, this couple should be Exhibit A in any GOP politician's argument for reducing the highest property taxes in the nation. So how much tax relief would Guadagno's "Property Tax Circuit Breaker" deliver for them? Exactly $0, according to her campaign website. Under Guadagno's plan, that family is too rich to qualify for tax relief. You may be as well - assuming you can figure out her convoluted formula. First get out your property-tax bill. Now sort out how much of the bill goes for school taxes. Now get out your 1040 and see what your income was last year. Now calculate whether the school portion of your tax bill exceeds 5 percent of your income. If so, Guadagno promises to make up the difference - minus of course any current rebate you receive.

In your wildest dreams can you imagine a gubernatorial candidate sweeping her ticket to victory in November based on that plan? Last week she appeared before a conference of bankers in Trenton and conceded defeat for her party's legislative slate this year. That was reported in brief on the Newsworks website by Phil Gregory, who reports for WBGO-FM in Newark. I couldn't believe it, so I asked Gregory for the exact quote: "No matter how hard the Republicans try this year we will not be taking back the Legislature," Guadagno said. "We will take some seats, I hope, and save some seats, I hope, but not enough to stop legislation being passed that will ruin this state and turn the clock back eight years." Or in other words: "The Titanic is about to sail. Elect me captain and I'll make sure and hit that iceberg nice and hard." It doesn't seem to have occurred to Guadagno that the candidate at the top of the ticket is supposed to lead the party to victory. She certainly has no chance of doing so with a property-tax plan that would, even if implemented, leave New Jersey with the highest property taxes in the nation.

Codey certainly isn't worried. When I put in a call to the Democratic former governor and current state senator from Essex County, he said Guadagno's plan would do little or nothing to win the Republican Party votes in middle-class suburbs like his own town of Roseland.hans wegner folding chair for sale "She's gonna have a hard time selling that in my district," said Codey. mocka high chair harness instructions"I don't think it's gonna be a plus."egg pod chair ikea Roseland is one of those middle-class Essex suburbs that have some of the highest property taxes. barber chair parts wholesaleBut as Codey and I did the math in our heads, we concluded the Guadagno tax plan would offer little or no relief to most typical homeowners in his district.chiavari chair covers for sale uk

In this, Guadagno is following in Republican tradition. The mainstream Republican Party, from Chris Christie on down, likes to pin the blame for high property taxes on the Democrats. And it's true that a Democrat, Brendan Byrne, was governor in 1976 when the income tax was adopted with the stated goal of solving the state's perennial property-tax crisis.table and chair rentals alliance ohio This worked fine at first. There was a cap on local spending that had a lot of local politicians grumbling. But by the time Byrne left office, property taxes were climbing once again. That was 36 years ago. Democrats held the governorship for a mere 12 of those years. Republicans have held it for 24 years. In all that time, the only governor to propose real reform was Christie. But he waited until after the final legislative elections of his tenure before he stole the "Fair School Funding" formula for equalizing state education aid from Mike Doherty, the Republican state senator who represents part of Hunterdon County.

That plan, which Christie renamed "The Fairness Formula," would offer real relief to homeowners in the middle-class suburbs that could swing this election. A candidate pushing that plan might offer some hope of leading the party to victory in November. But Guadagno can't seem to imagine that - even in her wildest dreams. ALSO: Incredibly, Guadagno admits her plan is not directed at typical middle-class homeowners. "It's directed at millennials living in their parents' house because they can't afford their own and working families struggling to avoid foreclosure," she said in an interview with Advance Media's Brent Johnson. Somebody should point out to her that they don't vote in a Republican primary. Someone should also point out to her that her plan is directed more at Democratic voters than Republicans. Here's another excerpt from Johnson's piece: For example, Guadagno's campaign says, a family making $50,000 in Fair Lawn -- where the average school tax is $6,412 -- will save $3,000.

A family making $140,000 will get no savings. "Millionaires won't benefit at all," Guadagno said.Why the heck shouldn't they? They pay in a whole lot more to the Property Tax Relief Fund. That fund contains the entire revenues of the income tax, all directed to property-tax relief. A millionaire pays in perhaps 20 times as much as that family in Fair Lawn. Why shouldn't he get some tax relief as well? Guadagno clearly has not the slightest understanding of the problems with the current system. Almost 40 years ago California solved its property-tax problem with Proposition 13, which lowered all property taxes in that state to a maximum of 1 percent. Here in Jersey, we instead instituted an income tax with the promise of property-tax relief for all. Instead over the years the courts ordered that the bulk of the aid go to a handful of urban districts. Many suburbs, such as her own Monmouth Beach and Christie's own Mendham, get next to noting in state school aid, which is the primary form of property-tax relief.