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Committee for Our Children's Future stated on January 31, 2012 in a television ad:

Says Chris Christie "inherited the highest taxes in America and the worst unemployment in the region."

By Erin O'Neill• February 8, 2012

Chris Christie stated on August 20, 2012 in a news conference:

"I haven't raised taxes in the time I've been the governor of New Jersey."

By Erin O'Neill• August 23, 2012

Kim Guadagno stated on May 11, 2011 in a radio interview on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show:

Says Panasonic stayed in New Jersey because of the Business Retention and Relocation Assistance Grant (BRRAG) program.

By Erin O'Neill• June 10, 2011

Stephen Sweeney stated on May 24, 2011 in a press release:

Says that as a gubernatorial candidate, Chris Christie "promised no school cuts."

By Erin O'Neill• July 1, 2011

Don Huffines stated on May 10, 2021 in campaign material:

"Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation”

By Brandon Mulder• June 4, 2021

Chris Christie stated on January 31, 2012 in a radio interview on New Jersey 101.5's "Ask the Governor":

"Here's something that people never talk about with coach Schiano: Rutgers had the best graduation rate of any Division I football program in America."

By Erin O'Neill• February 12, 2012

Loretta Weinberg stated on June 04, 2012 in a column on Blue Jersey:

Says PolitiFact "listed Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin as the Governor who told the most lies" and "our own ‘untruthful’ Governor Chris Christie made it into Politifact's top five of ‘Lie - en Governors’."

By Erin O'Neill• June 7, 2012

John Wisniewski stated on November 21, 2011 in an NJToday interview:

"While (Chris Christie) talks about job creation, we don't see jobs being created in this state."

By Bill Wichert• November 28, 2011

Anthony Bucco stated on May 01, 2012 in a news release:

Says "an unchecked Democratic Majority in Trenton" is responsible for "years of diversions" from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund.

By Bill Wichert• May 7, 2012

Chris Christie stated on May 23, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:

Says Democratic legislators this year "don't want to cut your taxes under any circumstances."

By Bill Wichert• May 25, 2012

Barbara Buono stated on May 07, 2012 in an interview on The Dom Giordano Show:

Says in March New Jersey was "one of only eight states in the nation to lose jobs" and "the state with the highest loss of jobs in the nation."

By Erin O'Neill• May 13, 2012

Chris Christie stated on July 23, 2012 in a news conference:

"What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since I became governor."

By Erin O'Neill• July 30, 2012

Snooki stated on June 07, 2010 in a video promo for "Jersey Shore":

"Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning."

By Robert Farley• June 21, 2010

Patricia Morgan stated on July 02, 2013 in a speech on the House floor.:

In Rhode Island, 9 percent of workers use the state's temporary disability insurance program each year while in New Jersey, the rate is only 3 percent.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 14, 2013

Barbara Buono stated on January 28, 2013 in an interview on NJToday:

"New Jersey has lost over half of our pharmaceutical jobs to states you know, not low-tax states like in the South, but high-tax states like New York."

By Caryn Shinske• February 24, 2013

Jim Whelan stated on July 05, 2011 in a press release:

"In our proposal, we would have expanded school aid across the board … Governor Christie slashed school aid in this budget, preferring instead to extend a tax break for millionaires over funding in the classroom."

By Erin O'Neill• July 11, 2011

Chris Christie stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library:

Says his administration balanced "two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes."

By Erin O'Neill• October 2, 2011

Chris Christie stated on October 24, 2012 in a campaign event in New Hampshire:

Says New Jersey lost private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2009 because Democrats increased taxes, fees, regulations and state spending.

By Bill Wichert• October 29, 2012

Chris Christie stated on May 20, 2011 in a speech at Princeton University:

Democratic tax hikes led $70 billion of wealth to leave New Jersey between 2004 and 2008, and mainly relocate to Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

By Bill Wichert• June 17, 2011

Chris Christie stated on October 04, 2011 in a press conference:

Says "New Jersey's unemployment is significantly lower than it was when I got here. And we've created 50,000 new private sector jobs in the last 20 months after having lost 117,000 in the year before I got here."

By Erin O'Neill, Bill Wichert• October 4, 2011

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