Gov. Chris Christie's budget: Working poor are stiffed with reduced earned income tax credit | NJ.com

Amanda Brown/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie makes his first budget address to a joint session of the New Jersey Legislature.We jump off the cliff together," Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday in his death-defying budget speech.

But the truth is, some are being pushed off the cliff without a parachute, while others remain safely on the ground.

The governor wants to reduce the state earned income tax credit — which boosts the small paychecks of people working low-wage jobs — to save a paltry $45 million. Yet he vigorously defends a $900 million tax cut for the top tier of New Jersey’s wealthiest families, those earning more than $400,000. It’s cruel and nonsensical.