New Jersey: The good, the bad and the taxes

From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: January 12, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

JEFF PILLETS, TRENTON BUREAU
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-12-2005

New Jersey: The good, the bad and the taxes
By JEFF PILLETS, TRENTON BUREAU
Date: 01-12-2005, Wednesday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

Don't ask Edwinna Gonzalez about the state of this state unless you are ready for an onslaught of Spanish language expletives and more than a few tears.

The best job the 32-year-old Paterson woman ever had in New Jersey was a $5.90-an-hour position mopping floors. In December she cleared $1,050 by working three part-time jobs.

After paying her rent and bills and buying food she was left with ...

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