Why Louis Greenwald's op-ed is wrong: A reader responds

Lou Greenwald.JPGAssemblyman Lou Greenwald speaks at the Statehouse in this file photo.

Based on “Christie’s economics aren’t trickling down” (Aug. 8), a partisan screed by Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, I assume Greenwald will run for governor next year. If Gov. Chris Christie decides to run again, Christie would have little to fear.

Greenwald complains President George W. Bush’s policies caused a surge in wealth among New Jersey’s top 1 percent from 2000 to 2009, and that Christie then emulated those policies by preventing more tax increases on the wealthy. I guess Greenwald forgot that from 2001 to 2009, New Jersey was run by Democratic Govs. James McGreevey and Jon Corzine. They, along with a compliant Democratic Legislature, ran the state into the ditch.

Greenwald continues with the canard that because millionaires weren’t subjected to another “temporary” tax increase, they received a tax cut, and he makes a plea to raise taxes on these individuals to fund property tax relief for the middle class. I guess he forgot that past efforts to “dedicate” a revenue stream for property tax relief led to Democrats using the money to enrich their union pals, telling us there was nothing left.

Greenwald should run for governor. Then, if Christie runs again, I will rest easy knowing he will win.

Michael Pickert, Livingston