Claim: "Jon Corzine, elected governor. Teams up with Barbara Buono. $1.2 billion sales tax increase? Passed. Most spending in state history? Passed. After Buono named budget chair, taxes and fees increase 23 times in just two years. State debt? Up $13.4 billion. Unemployment? Doubled."
Fact-check: Chris Christie TV ad links big budgets, cost hikes to Barbara Buono, but is blame misplaced?
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Caryn Shinske
Date published: 2013-06-02T00:00:00