Corzine's numbers dropping

The New Jersey Star Ledger reports:

Two new polls released today found that most voters are unhappy that Gov. Jon Corzine proposed state budget recommends more than $1.5 billion in new taxes and the anger is hurting his popularity.

A Rutgers-Eagleton poll found that 44 percent of the public thinks Corzine’s spending plan relies too much on tax increases, versus 36 percent who think he struck the right balance. While only 5 percent blame him for the state’s budget predicament, just 43 percent now think he is doing a good job. Corzine won by a 53 percent to 44 percent margin over Republican Doug Forrester last fall.

A poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind found that 61 percent say raising the state sales tax from six percent to seven percent is a bad idea. The survey found that just 42 percent have a favorable opinion of the governor, down from a previous poll finding of 50 percent before his March 21 budget address.

Even more disturbing, the percent of voters who now have a “very unfavorable” view of Corzine nearly doubled to 21 percent during the past month.

Corzine's new budget doesn't even cut spending.Public pensions are beginning a big problem in New Jersey.