New Jersey Dems Under Fire

The New Jersey Press, as well as the Jersey Blogosphere, has been critical of recent homeland security legislation that passed in the legislature. According to the Star Ledger, 93% of the anti-terroist funding in the bill went to Democratically controlled districts. The concerns are legitimate, and EnlightenNJ elaborates on the issue.

However, no objective observer can ignore the fact that Democratic districts are more populated and more vulnerable to terrorism. The worst part of the federal homeland security funding is that much of the pork is distributed to rural states with few risks. Although New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the nation, there are certainly rural areas that don't need the kind of funding that Camden, Newark, and Trenton do. Although it's unrealistic for us to pretend to know what percentage a particular district requires, the New Jersey Legislature has the right idea, compared to the federal one, which has, at times, shown proportionate support for Kansas as New York.

Go to NJConservative for a different perspective.