Christie Tries to Woo Illinois Businesses to New Jersey
- Posted on January 27, 2011 at 5:02pm by
Meredith Jessup
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After the state of Illinois’ legislature approved historic tax increases to help ease its budget crunch, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pledged that he would work to woo over-taxed businesses to his state as he works to revitalize Garden State industries.
Christie‘s campaign is now in full swing with newspaper and radio ads popping up in major Illinois cities like Chicago and Springfield that highlight the governor’s commitment not to raise New Jersey taxes:
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Christie himself appears in the ads, pledging to hold the line on taxes and promote growth through more job-friendly policies. The governor’s spokeswoman, Maria Comella, adds that Christie is very hands-on when it comes to attracting new business ventures to New Jersey.
“The job creators of our country are mobile, and they are looking for a climate that provides the certainty and stability that comes with a fiscally responsible government that manages its budgets accordingly,” Christie said earlier this month. “In New Jersey, we mean business.”
Christie, a Republican, campaigned for GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady, who lost the November election to Democrat Pat Quinn. The winner inherited a budget shortfall equal to roughly half its general fund revenue, so Quinn has raised personal income taxes to 5 percent from 3 percent, and corporate business taxes to 9.5 percent from 7.3 percent.
New Jersey’s business tax rates are now slightly lower, at 9 percent for businesses with incomes over $100,000, and Christie undoubtedly hopes the new campaign will help to squelch his state’s reputation for being notoriously anti-business.
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Comments (41)
loveamerica
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 7:34amI own a small business in Illinois, this is a devastaing tax for me and all of Illinois. As with many other business in the state I will be relocating to Kentucky as soon as a location can be secured. My businesses departure surely wont make any headlines and most Illinois people wont even know that we left, but when all of the small businesses are gone and all that is left is goverenment jobs and no tax base to support them…….what then?
Report Post »iamDonJuantino
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:47pmyou gotta love this guy!
Report Post »Texasbelle
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:19pmHold on, He just nominated a muslim judge that had ties to Hamas and Al Queda, in a “mostly muslim precinct”
Report Post »He believes in Sharia Law for New Jersey (the judge), find it on Mark Levine’s website…
ILUVJESUS
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:15pmGood for him. The rest of the NE is finished thanks to Libs and free trade.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:45pmI love this guy. We are stuck here in this stupid state because we can’t sell our stupid house, which has dropped in value by $80,000.00. GRRRR
Report Post »auburntaylors96
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:30pmchris christie for president?
Report Post »Random Thoughts
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 1:02pmI heard on of those ads on WLS the other day and was a little surprised. Then I thought it was great that some of the other states were making Illinois look a little silly. They will probably never learn. But it seems that the corporate tax in New Jersey isn’t that far off of the new one in Illinois, so I don’t see what NJ is crowing about.
I’d probably head to Texas or Florida…
Report Post »jimmymcjism
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 11:45amlets no get carried away with this guy. new jersey is not business friendly. there is a state cap and trade bill here in jersey. the legislature is democratic i.e. communist. take those businesses to the south. they will be much better off.
Report Post »LukeAppling
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:11amI love it states competing with each other for new ideas that is what the Founding Fathers envisioned.
Report Post »Let the failed states put out their ads and let’s watch them…
“Come to Illinois and join us in corruption” or “New York is your state if you are illegal, muslim or on the lam“ or ”California has sunshine[sometimes] and join us in bankruptcy“ or ”Massachusetts screwed up health care first”….oh yes this will work well.
Buck_Ofama
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:52amI love this guy! He’s too good to be true. I hope I don‘t find out he’s a RINO.
But, can you see Christie debating s**t for brains Obama? Can you say “total freaking destruction of Barack Hussein Obama”. Yeah, baby!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:30pmNow I would like Christie to run just to see that…
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:51amI have a man crush on CC
Report Post »hotrodrockets
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:29amBrilliant move. I like this guy more and more.
Nudge: Gov. Christie, you may want to run some of those Ads in Massachusetts. I’d rather the jobs go somewhere else in the U.S. at least.
Report Post »TexOkie
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:24amDoesn’t he know it is government that creates jobs, not business.
Report Post »Anne Marie Pogo
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:19amAn admirable man…smart enough to do the job, yet humble enough to acknowledge that he’s not ready to run for the presidency. Ironically, Christie would most likely be the best man for the job…concerned for the welfare of the state, not his own political ambitions.
Report Post »Larry1951
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:24amThese politicians have to understand business aren’t going to move just because one governor lowersthe taxes. What happens when the governor is gone and the next governor raises the taxes back up.
Report Post »derekcrane
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:23amHere is the problem for any business contemplating a move to New Jersey: The next governor may be a union hack Democrat who would continue the tax and spend policies of Christie’s predecessors. Why not move to a state that has a history of electing conservative, business-loving politicians and eliminate the uncertainty?
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:29pmGood point.. My husband and I have discussed his even asking for a transfer from the state in which he works to another one.. (mostly cause it’s warmer..LOL).. the states we are looking at have NO income tax.. I am not worried about my family they will be moving along with us..
Report Post »Workforit
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 6:23amGood Job Chris! The business of business is not for the squeemish…
Report Post »LittleBigMouth
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 6:22amMan I got to tell ya – ya have to love this guy. Christie is actually going to save NJ. What a great Gov.
Report Post »shellmen
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 6:16amI live in Illinois and have been telling the dumb ass democrats that we were not competitive and were runnig business and businesses out of the state but all they know how to do is welfare and special interest projects and tax more. They are a bunch of idiots who know NOTHING about how to run a state that should be run like a business because they have no business experience.
Report Post »Tdevil_onethree
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 5:04amseems like a guy who does what he says
Report Post »justice
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 4:36amI’d be running and closing up shop and get the hell away from the big corrupt state and quit paying the outragist taxation I have ever heard of. Catipillar there is your chance.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 4:21amNew Jersey, another state that the Democrats have run into the ground. Christie is doing a great job trying to revitalize the state.
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:09pmI don’t expect any businesses to move to NJ, but it quite a poke in the eye. I do expect business will look at IN and WI as serious alternatives.
Report Post »bigdeg
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 4:13amI think this is GREAT!!! When it starts hitting “tax-and-spend“ liberals in the ”pocketbook” so-to-speak, they will have to change there ways. By Christie doing a good job in New Jersey, and stealing other states revenue, the other governors will have to play catch-up, and also put Christie’s good policies in the spotlight!
Report Post »I heard somewhere that he might run in ‘12. God I hope so…
Buzzkill
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 3:28amThis just goes to show that all it takes is some good biz rederec to get biz moving again, but you will have to fallow with some real policy.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 2:56amI don‘t know why I didn’t see that coming. I immediately thought of the surrounding States since they’ve been talking about it for so long.
Report Post »As an Illinois resident I see the departure of business as devastating but there is no way I could fault them for making responsible decisions to go.
GONESURFING
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 4:17amGotta give Christie a lot of credit, he’s doing a good job in New Jersey. The Republicans could use a lot more people like him.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:32amYes, he’s doing a great job, but businesses know he won’t always be around. Eventually, it’ll be business, or lack there of, as usual in the Garden State.
Report Post »gobluebuckeye
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 7:56amwhat a brilliant move on his part. I am extremely impressed with Christie, as he came into a extremely liberal state and he is getting things done. I hope someday I will get a chance to vote for this man for President.
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 9:52amAs a Illinois Business owner with my father, I called my dad shortly after the tax hike was approved to see which state would become the new home of our business. Since we usually invest our earnings right back into our company; a 2% raise on our income tax after the 2.2% on business tax is equal to 4.156% raise on anything we take.
So in short, we’ve got 14.025% state tax, however we haven’t even added the federal taxes into that, but wait we’ve got Chicago local taxes too! Yea, New Jersey sounds nice as does 46 other states.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:23pm@BoilitDown.. I am with you.. my husband doesn’t even work in IL..but our house is in IL we are seriously thinking about renting it out and just moving to the state in which he works..so it’s NOT going to be JUST businesses that move but the TAXPAYERS.. IL is going to see a real DIP in their revenue.. just like they see a DIP in revenue whenever they raise taxes on ANYTHING and people go out of state to shop.. Dems just DON’T get it.. it is a shame since I left CHICAGO because of their taxes and bans on everything.. now I don‘t see the point of even staying in the state and paying for the government pensions when we in the private sector won’t be getting one..
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 12:42pmUnfortunately, Obumbler and company have seen to it that those who want to leave the state of my birth can not, because there is no way they can sell their houses. My relatives are trapped in that cesspool and drowning in taxes.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 2:16pmi’ll pay the extra tax to live in illinois… to not live in jersey. gross.
Report Post »happyboy
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 8:24pmPHOTO HAS BEEN ALTERERD
Christi has been on a diet and lost weight. Its no suprise that the media alters photos of their political opposition. Congolesa Rice would have here eyes whitened enlarged to make her look demonic. The US media has become a contemptable propaganda organization.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on January 28, 2011 at 10:28pmMaybe, just maybe, Christie may be the one that can unite the conservatives into an unstoppable voting bloc. It sure as hell ain’t going to be Newt, Palin, Bachman or any of the other better known republicans. They are all way too controversial. It is going to be someone like Christie or Lt. Col. West. It will take someone who will ignore and not engage with the democrats, rather just plow ahead and brush them aside. I hope he comes out of the woodwork soon.
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