There are so many ways to get around this and similar insanities…just use your good old American resourcefulness ;_))

A revolt would probably even things out a bit. A big problem is that many Americans are not interested anymore in their civic political duties. Revolution would force people to give more thought and effort to their state’s issues. I’m not exadurating when I say that American citizens need to take more seriously their responsibility to replace corrupt or ill-functioning governments.

If NJ’s situation with taxes is beyond repair by conventional political methods (as seemingly evidenced by multiple politician’s inability to make considerable progress with the issues) I’d say that the first thing to try is to organize a peaceful reconstruction of the state’s government; propose a new constitution that more appropriately addresses taxation, consider restructuring state offices in a way that reflects the modern needs of the people, etc. If for some reason the governor won’t consider it, it may be appropriate to rebel.

A problem though is that our governments have put the people in a position that makes it difficult for us to consider rebellion. Although we are allowed to own and use firearms, they must be registered and they are discouraged. Something that would have to be considered is arming those involved, if the rebellion could not be accomplished peacefully. This might take a few years to do unnoticed. Further hindering rebellion is that the federal government would likely forget their place, and interfere (unless it could be done quickly enough). This would only cause a need to rebel against our federal government to remind them that they are not to be concerned with the formation of governments of the individual states.

That would be a war we could not win.

All in all it would take very capable military and political entities and leaders to ensure a successful revolution.

I know these ideas may sound radical – they are. But they are reasonable. They may seem insane only because we have forgotten that they may be needed. I don’t live in NJ, and I don’t know the extent of the problems. What I explored was mostly hypothetical, so don’t be concerned if that would not be appropriate for NJ.

On another note, there should be groups that stockpile weapons in preparation for something like this. Obviously they would need to be very discreet, so I don’t know if this is already happening some places. It is a need though.

Yes we did. When our representatives are acting in their own best interests and not in the people’s, it’s time to change things. I voted against Corzine and it seems I was right.

Our elected leaders are starting to look more and more like the British governors in the original colonies.

Btw, the going out of state and buying iTunes cards is the best idea yet (and legal!!!). Although we do not pay state tax where I live, I still do not believe that someone should have to “pay” for some politicians overspending/mismanagement. Maybe Governor Corzine should start saving money by cutting his and other state officials in HALF!!!

Want the budget shortfall fixed? Try electing people that aren’t pandering incompetent crooks instead of raising taxes. Take a good hard look at your state budget and ask why they can’t make some budget cuts. Don’t start screwing people out of more money and making sanctimonious speeches about how everybody needs to do more to cover some elected buffoon’s ass.

Hell yeah you should avoid paying the tax if you can find a way around it. Keep letting them take your money and they’ll keep trying to take more of it.

Change address to the Main PO in NY or something in iTunes and CC profile

No Taxes for you…

Been doing this for years for non-shipment purchases (or where they allow the shipping address to differ from mailing address)