I did not go to high school in New Jersey even though I was always a resident of New Jersey. I wasn't the only one at the high school from out of state. We were often the teased just because we came from New Jersey, but I never really though much of it. I always thought it was just some joke at my school and moved on with my life. However, after speaking with professors in the Political Science Department at my college, I find it shocking to now know that there is an evidence as to why these jokes were made in the first place. Apparently, New Jersey is notorious for its corrupt government by being controlled by political bosses.
I thought such things were part if history books and nothing more. It's not that I didn't believe that corruption didn't exist in some town in perhaps some states or even perhaps some counties or a major metropolitan area. But I never imagined that the politics of a state could still be controlled by the likes of a few individuals. It's repulsive and insulting that we live in the 21st century and such things still exist. Why has this persisted? Why does this still exist?
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