Trenton politicians at it again — using gas tax to prop up the pensions

We knew that the politicians weren't going to be completely honest. But now empowered by the new gas tax and the passage of Question No. 2, the Trenton elite insiders are up to their old tricks.

The new plan is to have the Transportation Trust Fund — which is where your gas tax money is supposed to go, to fix bridges and roads — borrow from the pension funds and then repay the interest to help fund the pensions.

Of course none of the borrowed money has to be dedicated to the roads and the only guaranteed source of debt payment is the gas tax.

I've been saying for a while now that the revenue on the gas tax is not stable and has in fact dropped in recent years. What happens when they fail to collect enough to satisfy the debt service? You guessed it, the tax will rise again.

#RememberInNovember (there's also a primary election in June!).

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