Sweeney: Christie Offers Tax Relief — For the Rich

The N.J. Senate President tells a town-hall meeting crowd that the governor's plan is "too complicated" and doesn't help middle-class taxpayers.

Gov. Chris Christie says that he and state Senate President Stephen Sweeney agree on property-tax relief. Sweeney told a town-hall audiences Monday night that they shouldn't believe the governor. The Democrat spent much of the town hall distancing himself from Christie, saying that the governor’s tax relief plan is too complicated and focuses more on helping wealthy New Jersey taxpayers, not the middle class. Christie touts “an income tax plan where 95 percent of the money goes to the wealthy,” Sweeney said. “My plan, the Senate plan, all of the money goes to the middle class because it’s capped at $250,000 (annual income).” Sweeney hosted the town hall at Camden County College to promote his plan with fellow Democrats, state Senators Fred…

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