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...second major issue in the campaign has been state expenditure and taxes. Forbes has attacked Meyner as the "spendingest" governor in New Jersey history (his budgets have totalled $292 million more than those of his predecessor, Republican Alfred E. Driscoll). Actually, the issue is not at all clear-cut, for Forbes has also said that he would not reduce the budget, but would simply redirect it into different, and supposedly more fruitful, channels...

Author: By Philip M. Boffey., | Title: Much Ado About Nothing | 11/1/1957 | See Source »

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