Christie Campaigns for Ovide in NH [VIDEO]

In his first public appearance for New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate Ovide Lamontagne, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie warned about 100 workers at Atrium Medical in Hudson against an income tax in the state.

Christie also spoke on behalf of Lamontagne at a fundraiser hosted by Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Gov. Steve Merrill yesterday at the Bedford Village Inn.

"If you allow government to get into the door of a new tax on you, get ready" Christie said. "Because government is never-ending in terms of its hunger for your money."

Christie traveled back 35 years, when New Jersey didn't have an income tax, but adopted one under the premise that all of the money raised would go to property tax relief.

"35 years later... we still have the higest property taxes in America and our top income tax rate is now 9 percent," Christie said.

He called the decision on income taxes in New Hampshire "fundamental" for the economic future of the state.

"We literally had a jobless decade in New Jersey because we raised taxes," Christie said.

Lamontagne said he is running for governor because he believes in the New Hampshire advantage of not having a sales or income tax.

"The choice is going to be stark in this race because the other candidate running on the Democratic side has stood for 99 tax and fee increases in the time she served in the state Senate," Lamontagne said in reference to his opponent Maggie Hassan.

Lamontagne went on to tell the employees that Atrium Medical is an "important ambassador" in N.H. to show that companies can succeed in the state.

"The jobs you create here is what our children want and deserve," he said.

Christie appeared at a closed fundraiser at the Bedford Village Inn on Tuesday morning. He went on to travel with Lamontagne to a rally in Atkinson.