Corzine's Cuts Spare Schools, Seniors, Transit

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Lost in all the attention given to Governor Corzine's budget cuts is his proposal to spend $1.2 billion more on everything from public schools to sex-offender monitoring, employee pensions and tax relief for seniors.

Corzine has proposed a $33.3 billion state budget that cuts about $200 million in actual spending from the current fiscal year. He wants to trim property tax rebates, municipal aid and several other major grant programs.

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Corzine's Cuts Spare Schools, Seniors, Transit

But he does plan on spending more money where he can, thanks to those cuts and an estimated $900 million more in expected tax revenues.

Some of the areas where Corzine is increasing funding are out of his direct cont...

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