And make no mistake about it, the sorts of widespread public corruption we are now seeing in New Jersey is bipartisan, endemic, and pervasive; and it undermines the fabric of democracy in New Jersey, the political process, and the integrity of public officials throughout this state. Moreover, New Jersey's public corruption and incompetence is emblematic of a national phenomena that has only soured the already dismal mood of US voters.
The two-party, county-political boss run government in New Jersey has failed its citizens and, more disturbingly, failed its children. Exactly what lessons does this sort of public corruption teach, and the inevitable, subsequent political pandering by one or another political party, depending on the accused, what does that achieve for New Jerseyans?
It is wrong, it undermines the moral basis of democracy and public service in the State of New Jersey, and it must end before it bankrupts and ruins the State.
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