Jon Corzine for Governor of New Jersey

If anyone should argue that New Jersey Governor race has placed the candidates on critical points of the political spectrum at different times, that argument would fall right on the political realities of the Garden State. Throughout the campaign trail, all the candidates presented varying policy aspects on taxes, job creation, health care and education. The republican contender, Christ Christi aggressively pulled strings dismissing Governor Corzine past years economic, health and tax policies as one that has put New Jersey on a brinks of unemployment and economic collapse; a call that most scholars, analysts and pundits dismissed as political fabrications based on convincing realities that the Corzine administration indeed adopted appropriate policies required to effectively deal with challenges of the Garden State.

Even though Governor Corzine was placed in a delicate governance situation amidst a corruption scandal that marred the New Jersey Political Landscape, the incumbent governor handled the situation responsibly and tactfully. Governor Corzine must be commended for adopting policies that continues to effectively address healthcare, education and unemployment. With the genius of his economic vision as the first Governor to adopt an economic recovery plan, the incumbent Governor has outlined one of the best developmental blue prints, thus stabilizing the rising unemployment, healthcare, education and the private sector.

Unlike his republican contender whose economic policies will only be a perennial source of unemployment, increased uninsured Jersey Residents and Citizens, and the lack of prescriptive policy measures, Governor Corzine’s economic formulas are in line with both national and the international quest of containing the worst economic crisis since the great depression of 1930’s. Developments in public transportation, public works, infrastructure, healthcare and national security will be the characteristics of the incumbent Governors term in office.

Christ Christi’s rejection of the Federal Economic Stimulus Package in his economic policies, would result to the lost of over 30, 000 teaching jobs, over 18,000 public sector jobs and a state wide property taxes increase of $1.5 - 2 billion, according to modern economic analysts. It must be noted that the use of Stimulus Recovery Packages as a major tool of confronting the economic crisis has taken a forefront of global economic recovery efforts. This was echoed and adopted in both the last G8 summit in Italy, and G20 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Governor Corzine’s economic policies therefore fall along the right policy trajectories.

For the State of New Jersey to progressively overcome the socio-economic and socio-political challenges of modern times, re-electing Jon Corzine for Governor is the rightful national duty that all citizens should aggressively pursue. A Corzine administration will shape history, mold our communities with sustainable economic growth, strengthen national security and positively influence every doorstep and hamlet of our communities that we could all proudly call home.

By Binneh s Minteh, Former Gambian Army First Lieutenant, Newark, New Jersey

The author is an Independent Researcher, Analyst and Consultant. He also produces The Sword of Truth at http://www.sofawarrior.blog.com/ . He could be reached by email at bsm235@nyu.edu.