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David Brooks had a good column yesterday about why New Jersey can’t afford to invest in a new tunnel connecting his state with New Jersey. Chris Christie, the unlikely rock-star governor, says that the Garden State just can’t afford it, and if you take one look at its balance sheet, you know he is right.

New Jersey, like Illinois, California, New York and many other states that are dominated by the Democratic Party, can’t afford to pay for big projects because they are spending all of their money on their employees, many of whom no longer work for the state.

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