> Why is NJ always giving more? If they have so much debt? Because we have progressive taxation and a lot of rich people live in New Jersey, so they pay more i

> Why is NJ always giving more? If they have so much debt? Because we have progressive taxation and a lot of rich people live in New Jersey, so they pay more in taxes. A state doesn't need to be in financial trouble because it is poor, it is in financial trouble if it makes more promises than it can afford to pay given its tax base. The constant raiding of employee pension funds and various financial ponzi schemes is why NJ is in trouble. Median household income in 2019 NJ[1] = 85K US[2] = 69K [1] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NJ/SBO001212 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NJ/SBO001212 [2] https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2020/demo/p60-270.html https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2020/demo/p60-27...