Act Now To Stop Budget Cuts

The legislature is going to be deciding the 2009 budget over the next 10 days, ACT NOW!  Tell your legislator we need a budget that invests in our state’s future.

The proposed state budget takes New Jersey in the wrong direction, cutting vital services and jeopardizing our future.

 

Write to your legislators TODAY by sending the letter below, asking them not to go through with these cuts to public services.

 

Or call the AARP budget hotline today - 1-877-696-2282 - and register your opposition to charity care and other healthcare cuts.

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

The proposed state budget takes New Jersey in the wrong direction, cutting vital services and jeopardizing our future. These cuts might seem to help balance the budget in the short term but they will weaken our communities, drive up property taxes, undermine the future for our families, and hurt our seniors, children and most vulnerable residents.

Please do not go through with dangerous and short-sighted cuts to the Department of Health and Senior Services, cuts in direct support for hospitals and levels of charity care, the imposition of co-pays in some Medicaid services as well as cuts in tuition assistance, prescription drug programs for seniors, community service agencies and other areas that are essential to our quality of life.

There are better choices, like closing corporate tax loopholes and asking more of wealthy individuals. We need a budget that invests in our state's future. I hope I can count on you to make better choices for New Jersey's working families.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
June 02, 2008