that is about 41 cents cheaper than it was just last month, which is welcome news, but still about $1.46 more than what americans were spending last year. so, people have to reallocate their own budgets. a new study came out and showed that 1 in 12 new jerseyans are food insecure. i spoke to people at a local food pantry. food delivered from here went there to a local church yesterday in newark. people in line told me times are tough. they are no longer doing joy rides. they have to be really judicious with any kind of essentials they need. they don t have money for extras. take a listen to what one woman told me when i asked her what she wants to know and hear from her political leaders. do you have any message to any leaders who are watching about what they need to do to help you? no, i don t have anything. do they hear me? that s what i want to know. do you hear me? do you understand what s going on here? you know, i i don t think
thanks for having me. governor hogan just mention the spiking hours in maryland, u in new jersey have a spike in covered cases as well. you have said everything on the table these numbers continue to rise, what does that mean for new jerseyans? this virus has humbled all of us. every time you think you ve got it figured out, takes a turn you do not expect an eight out of ten are negative. you ve got to leave all those options on the table. right now we think we have the right package in place in terms of a layered approach. but our numbers are going up. the omicron variant is real. we have already been battling the delta variant. this is unrelenting. there is an enormous amount of fatigue out there as it relates to the virus spread by the way i get it, i have got that same fatigue. but we ve got to stay vigilant and we will stay vigilant. you have locked down before. this is serious would you
thanks for having me. governor hogan just mention the spiking hours in maryland, u in new jersey have a spike in covered cases as well. you have said everything on the table these numbers continue to rise, what does that mean for new jerseyans? this virus has humbled all of us. every time you think you ve got it figured out, takes a turn you do not expect an eight out of ten are negative. you ve got to leave all those options on the table. right now we think we have the right package in place in terms of a layered approach. but our numbers are going up. the omicron variant is real. we have already been battling the delta variant. this is unrelenting. there is an enormous amount of fatigue out there as it relates to the virus spread by the way i get it, i have got that same fatigue. but we ve got to stay vigilant and we will stay vigilant. you have locked down before. this is serious would you
one of the biggest bread-and-butter issues, from what i can see, a lot of it is covid-mandates. the nursing home scandal that was the equivalent of what happened in new york, although governor murphy seemed to get away with it more than cuomo did. and then the issue of oh, if you re against my high taxes, probably new jersey is not your state. new jerseyans are the highest taxed people in the nation, sean, and this is a guy who said he wanted to make new jersey the california of the east coast but then he topped that and poked his finger right in the eye of jerseyans when he said if taxes are issue, we are probably not your state. he poked them right in the eye, so we talked all about property taxes, hours of the highest in the nation, and make new jersey a better place to do business, particularly for small business. year over year over year new jersey is ranked the forced place in the country to do business. we ve also got a state government that is bloated, inefficient and it s be
it went national. one of the biggest bread-and-butter issues, v from what i can see, a lot of it is covid mandates. the nursing home scandal that was the equivalent of what happened in new york, although governor murphy seemed to get away with it more than cuomo did. and then the issue of oh, if you re against my high taxes, probably new jersey is not your state. newat jerseyans are the hight taxed people in the nation, sean, and this is a guy who said he wanted to make new jersey the california of the east coast but then he topped that and poked his finger right in the eye of jerseyans when he said if taxes are issue, we are probably note your state. he poked them right in the eye, so we talked all about property taxes, hours of the highest in the nation, and make new jersey a better place to do business, particularly for small business. year over year over year new jersey is ranked the worst place in the country to do business. we ve also got a state government that is bloated, ine