A Blueprint for Reform in New Jersey The Mercatus Center at George Mason University unveiled a new report, highlighting New Jersey’s public employee pension crisis, and offering a path to meaningful reform. The report found that New Jersey’s five pension systems are underfunded by more than $170...

As part of a plan to restore property tax rebates, some New Jersey legislators attempted to increase New Jersey’s income tax on high wage earners by extending a “one-year” tax hike in 2009. CSI-NJ President Jerry Cantrell debated the issue soon after Governor Christie vetoed the tax...

As the New Jersey Legislature entered the final month of debating Governor Christie’s first introduced budget, CSI-NJ President Jerry Cantrell spoke with Laura Jones on News12 Power and Politics. Cantrell introduced the newly-founded Institute, and discussed the need to reform New Jersey’s...

By JOSH BARRO May 26, 2010 The Star-Ledger Unionized pubic employees swarmed Trenton on Saturday to protest Gov. Chris Christie’s cuts in the state budget — and his “Cap 2.5” proposal to limit local property taxes. The unions warn that a tax cap will lower the quality of the Garden State’s...

Common Sense Institute of New Jersey seeks to bring free market solutions to the challenges facing the Garden State. RANDOLPH, NEW JERSEY – Jerry Cantrell, a leader in the effort to bring fundamental tax reform to New Jersey, today announced the formation of a new nonpartisan public policy think tank....