The Christie transition team now reports that the anticipated budget deficit for the upcoming state fiscal year is now $9.5 billion. (Say that to the same cadence as the lottery ads with the nebbishy-looking announcer..."The New Jersey budget deficit is now nine-point-five-billion dollars...That's nine-point-five-billion dollars."
That's up from a reported estimated $8 billion during the campaign.
Somewhere, Mike Myers (think Dr. Evil from the "Austin Powers" James Bond parody trilogy) must be sticking his pinky to the corner of his mouth and repeating those dollar figures.
Conservatives are already warning that Governor Super-Size-Me will not be keeping his campaign promises about no new taxes, no new state borrowing, etc. etc.
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