Pain
Every one of us knows how painful it is to spend less, If you made and spent X dollars last week and make X minus 100 dollars this week, it is very painful to cut back on the things you spend money on. It may even be as painful as heron withdrawal.
No surprise that when a government entity like the State of New Jersey or the Department of Education is faced with cutbacks causing pure unadulterated pain, the powers that be sadly conclude that between a cutback in their spending and a tax raise, a tax raise is required and inevitable. Sadly