Selling bonds to balance New Jersey’s budget is a big mistake

July 17, 2020

It is a mistake for the governor and the Legislature to sell bonds to balance the fiscal year 2021 budget. Not only is it prohibited by the New Jersey Constitution but, more important, it is bad public policy and will ruin the state’s finances for years.

Opinion by Richard Keevey, NJSpotlight, July 16, 2020

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