![]() 06/21/2016 at 08:36 • Filed to: Good morning Oppo | ![]() | ![]() |
I can’t even pump my own gas in this state, now they’re proposing a 23 cent gas tax hike.
WHY DO YOU DO THIS JERSEY? QUICK, I NEED A TAYLOR HAM SANDWICH TO KEEP MY HATRED AT A LOW.
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IT IS CALLED PORK ROLL YOU HEATHEN!!!! God damn bennys
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I LIVE IN NORTH JERSEY, ITS NOT A PORK ROLL
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The tax will help fix the roads /s
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Sorry, do you mean a pork roll?
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No.
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People live there? Are you a petrochemical?
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Exactly, people from North Jersey are Bennys. So it makes sense. Anyone north of the Raritan are basically a different state lol.
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I am an alien
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Pff...i live in the better half :p
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Staten Island?
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If only! I would gladly pay 20 cents more in gas if the roads (other than the friggin parkway and turnpike) could improve. Although that means I am talking about town roads which aren’t controlled by the state anyways.
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Bruh I bet I pay $1/gal more than you
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Luckily Taylor ham is sold in my local grocery stores. Now I have zero reason to go to NJ.
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It’s okay, he can just be wrong. There are other brands than Taylor that make pork roll. I don’t even ever buy Taylor branded pork roll, it is usually overpriced for no good reason. Shop rite store brand pork roll is the best!
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I don’t think NY even wants Staten Island haha. Pretty sure they shouldn’t have bothered rebuilding it after Sandy.
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Only due to the Northwest corner. I spend at least half of my summer weekends up at the Gap so I definitely like it up there. But I will fight to the death for my home town at the shore haha.
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I’m from SI originally and even I don’t know why it’s there. I mean, it
kind
of made sense when my Grandpa was raising his family, but since the end of the crack epedemic, it’s basically been all of the disadvantages of Jersey tied to all of the disadvantages of the city. There’s like, no winning there. City taxes and prices, Jersey inconvenience. I mean, you get a discount on the Verrazano, but who cares?
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I was born in Raritan township.
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It’s pork roll. Who are you Chris Christie?
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FEED ME
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Ew
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HA! The tax will go towards repairing roadways and bridges has been the longest scam NJ had going. Property tax? Road repairs. Toll increase? Road repairs. New Casino? Road repairs. Legalize crack cocaine and heroin? Road repairs
If any of the money ever went to road repair, NJ residents would be driving on solid gold brick roads.
FUCK NJ with a rusty rake
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I pay $2.89 for 93 so..yeah. IM SORRY IM SPOILED :(
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I laughed so hard I almost farted. (I’m a child.)
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But im not sold at your locla grocery store so you have a reason to come to NJ
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Yikes! Cheap gas was one of the few good things about living close to south Jersey.
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I would love to drive over gold blocks made from my tax dollars
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You used to be. Everybody kept returning you so they stopped.
Shit! Just remembered Jimmy Buff’s. Guess I’ll still have to periodically go. Uggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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$3.15 for 89. I don’t even look at the price for premium anymore.
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:(
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$2.45 for 93 yesterday.
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It could be worse, I could be living in the South!
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god...i wish
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at least then you could point to friends and relatives and say - there. that one! That brick I paid for.
Today, you can point to a pothole and say - there. That one! It costs trillions of dollars and NJ and I are still saving up for it. Only 4 centuries to go till we can fill it
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How is that worse exactly?
Warm weather - check
Southern Hospitality - check
No rat race - check
Less snow/less potholes - check
Cheaper cost of living - check
Southern girls-chekidycheck
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i just point to the half ass jobs they do to fill the pot holes..which creates hills. I should start naming each one on my street
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South Carolina man. All you have to do is put up with the
occasional
frequent 3rd world quality road.
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Warm weather is the problem. NJ is already too hot. Humidity sucks, I do not know how people in the South survive. I can do 100 degrees and dry but anything above 80 with humidity is literally death. I am definitely a soon to be another west coast transplant.
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Or surprise speed bumps! Does great things to the underside of my car.
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I was in Arizona not long ago. Sure it’s 120 out right now, but humidity is around 12%
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lol having grown up in NJ and now I live in Michigan, I would like to inform you the roads suck everywhere and the magical tax increases to fix them never work.
Don’t hate NJ hate the road game.
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I hate to say it, but they should have slapped ten cents on a gallon when gas went from $4 a gallon down to $3. Then another dime when it went to $2. And a nickel when it hit $1.75
No one would have even noticed, and we’d already be at a quarter a gallon. Not a fan of taxes, but on gasoline it needs to be done. When gas goes back to $3.50 a gallon, it will be impossible to get a tax bill passed. And while I don’t usually trust my state with tax dollars, I’d rather they got the money instead of Exxon/mobil, etc. Because the oil companies sure as shit aren’t going to pave a road, invest in hybrid/elec, or build some sensible mass transit. Hell, they barely pay taxes themselves.
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nothing like surprise speed bumps. Rented a Chevy Chevy (also known as Chevy Aveo here) in Mexico. Wife and I look at the sign that said something like topas with piles drawn. I go - what do you think that is? Piles of poop? So at around 50 mph I hit those piles of shit... metal bumps in the road as speed bumps. Little taller than softball. That poor rental car. I seriously felt bad for ruining a car with a manual
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SI’ers don’t even want SI!
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I forgot to add “Taylor Ham, egg, and cheese sandwich FTW. Salt/pepper/ketchup”
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bruh...gas is expensive as fuck in NYC
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You don’t get to drive here.
Problem solved.
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I use to drive into Brooklyn and drive there..so....you’re wrong
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Sister-in-law is in Avondale, and sent a pic of her outside thermometer at 120! I love it! I wish I were there, it was only 101 here yesterday. =’( (That’s not sarcasm, I love the heat)
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If only.
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/…
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Shop Rite brand pork roll is damn good. But they need to sell it in like an 8 lb package.
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Bruh, you’re driving the rent up even higher.
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I drive.
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Deadass!!! I’m getting sick of the tristate area.
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Fine, you don’t *want* to drive here.
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Southern hospitality only applies to white straight people. We should have let them go in 1861. Wouldn’t have been a loss. At the very least, we could have let Sherman finish up the job. Why couldn’t he destroy Charleston? It’s like, the most disgustingly old-south place I’ve ever been.
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I've heard nothing about this gas tax increase. FWIW, we have one of the lowest gas taxes around I believe. On the other hand, as was already mentioned NJ will just squander that money like they do every other tax. You have a better shot of having that money used to build a new Walgreens than to fix a road that needs it.
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You don’t *want* to drive here.
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But Exxon-Mobile’s not getting the tax money, it’s not like they’re going to lower their prices by $0.25 because the state wanted more money. And it’s not like the state’s going to pave the roads either (at least in PA)
http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/…
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well duh..........new york drivers are a mix of NJ and CT drivers with different plates
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2nd lowest gas tax in the country (or somewhere around that), the bump would make us the 7th highest
http://www.nj.com/politics/index…
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There is no accountability about where the money goes. They can publish reports every year but without seeing the true numbers everything could be fudged. Anybody who thinks a gas tax will improve infrastructure hasn’t lived in the US long enough, any money from that tax will go to line a politicians pocket.
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It’s not as bad as it’s made out to be. It’s only stressful if you give a shit about your car’s cosmetics and lack spacial awareness.
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Actually, the hope is that the money goes to the construction/paving company with the best kickbacks that in turn line the politicians pockets. So, while you never get the full dollar to go bridge/road repair, at least you get something.
Personally, I prefer a usage-based tax on each gallon. But, the current proposal (which includes all kinds of other estate/income tax changes) is a 12.5% tax, which based on current prices would be 23 cents. It can go as high as 52 cents if gas goes above $3 a gallon but it’s capped there.
Again, I’d rather line some pockets AND fix a bridge, as opposed to having the Ex/Mob executives but another Gulfstream/private island/small country.
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No, NJ’s gas tax revenue will not go towards fixing any PA roads. At least I hope not....you never know.
We will continue to truck most of our garbage into PA, however. That’s big business for you guys.
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...and the state of Up. Don’t know why they keep using NY plates when it’s clearly not the same place.
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Deadass? Are you threatening me? What does that mean?
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Yeah. I think working at night and sleeping in AC during day would solve your problem if you didn’t like heat
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that's a lot of pork roll! That sounds like a wonderful way to die.
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Just need to drink lots and lots of water and all is good.
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Yes, it would be a fun way to go. I need more pork roll sandwiches in my life.
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Alotta threats http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter…
It means dead serious.
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bwahaha! makes sense. Never heard that before... I’m old
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I don’t know how I survive. It’s 91 degrees outside my house. I can’t go outside unless I decide I want to become a smelly bucket of sweat within 5 minutes.
And parking your car in the sun. Screw that.
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Parking in the sun is painful just thinking about it. At least my seats aren’t black but the leather still instantly adheres to my skin and attempts to cook me. I try to wear shorts that are long enough to prevent inner thigh burn!
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I’ve actually never had that happen to me, but my biggest problem is grabbing the shifter after it’s been in the sun for 2 hours. It’s really painful!