What problem does it solve? Black Friday or the day after Thanksgiving is THE biggest shopping day of the year. By removing this as a state holiday Gov. Christie stopped many state workers from shopping on this day, which would have brought in millions in state tax revenue. What is your solution and who does it apply to? Solution is reinstating Black Friday or the day after Thanksgiving as a state holiday. This applies to ALL state workers. What is the anticipated impact? Increase in sales tax revenue to the State of NJ.
I'd rather keep the Oct holiday and switch election day for black Friday. If the politicians are afraid to do this, the State could poll the employees. If the majority agrees, the politicians have nothing to worry about. (My understanding is this day was never a legal NJ State holiday. It was up to the governor to sign an executive order every year.)
Reinstating Black Friday would definitely benefit the state’s revenue, while allowing state workers to spend time with their families. In 2018, Black Friday was still the most popular shopping day of Thanksgiving Weekend, with 116 million saying they planned to shop that day, vs. 76 million on Cyber Monday. Reinstate Black Friday indefinitely without sacrificing any existing state holidays. State workers are hard workers an deserve every holiday there is.
i completely disagree with having this day - its not a holiday for one and most shopping is done on line anyway, plus the holiday is 3 to 4 weeks later - plenty of time to get shopping done. Now i would trade it for columbus day for sure.
This will indeed increase revenue and boost economy.
While a lot of Black Friday shopping is done online, we as State employees are not able to use State computers to do the shopping. Also, Black Friday is not just about shopping, the day after Thanksgiving is a day you spend with out of State family and children home from college. As well as recovering from all the Holiday stress.
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