Gov. Christie Does It Again (Bayonne, Asbury Park: high school, income, property tax rates)

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by PeterPickle

Christie tells it like it is and he dont give a dam about politics. This level of naivete is so off-base as to be...bizarre!

This is the sort of leadre we need not the polls driven politicans who take a poll everytime they go to the mensroom. Only the union thugs with their inflated pensons and sensitive snowflakes and cupcakes take offense the info by Christie Notice one thing none of these leeches dispute what Christie is saying all of them dispute the way he says it that should tell you everythink.

Overall, that was simply...profound.

[Stone28]

Originally Posted by PeterPickle

Christie tells it like it is and he dont give a dam about politics. This is the sort of leadre we need not the polls driven politicans who take a poll everytime they go to the mensroom. Only the union thugs with their inflated pensons and sensitive snowflakes and cupcakes take offense the info by Christie Notice one thing none of these leeches dispute what Christie is saying all of them dispute the way he says it that should tell you everythink.

Originally Posted by Retriever

Overall, that was simply...profound.

Or as Christie would say "What are you a stupid idiot?!!!!!!!".......

[EBWick]

Originally Posted by PeterPickle

Unhinged for asking a quuestion - are you the serious pal? Whats next for you - its all Bush's fault !!!!!

Snap it, pal!

The reporter was asking a simple question about the legislative session that he called. How is that out of bounds?

[jerseyjersey]

He has long had a reputation as someone who is not afraid to use intimidation, screaming and the like to achieve his agenda--those who like him and his politics see it as "getting things done" while those who don't like him and/or his politics see him as a bully.

While I agree that many other professions have plenty of people who are not very personable (like the above example of surgeons, and in my own profession of law--plenty of brilliant but socially inept people!), politics is different. A surgeon who is kind of a jerk, can still fix your brain or your knee brilliantly--the actual hard work is related to his surgical skill, so you're willing to suffer his bad personality because your brain is in the best hands. A politician, in the long term at least, needs to foster relationships, both with his/her fellow pols and with the public--that IS the essence of the job. A job where people have to like you, and there are votes to determine the level of this like, is by its nature one in which your personality is a huge consideration, IMO.

I do think that his actions have turned off some people who'd previously voted for him, but I guess time and the next gubernatorial election will tell whether enough people think he's taking the right path.

As for his prospects on the national front, I have heard from a few people who know about this stuff far more than I, that the whole Race to the Top education funding grant debacle, has hurt his chances of being a top contender in that regard.

[EBWick]

Originally Posted by jerseyjersey

I do think that his actions have turned off some people who'd previously voted for him, but I guess time and the next gubernatorial election will tell whether enough people think he's taking the right path.

If he makes it that far. Seriously, he's looking at a major cardiac event soon if he doesn't get his fat ass in shape. He should do it for his family, nevermind the residents of NJ.

[fred44]

Christie is a joke, and a crook. Besides his ridiculous public behavior, he has done nothing for this state, and in fact has made it worst. The key word in my statement is FACT. Not the BS that you hear from christie about "NJ Comeback." There is no NJ comeback! It's getting worst under his administration.

Numbers from Christie By The Numbers

Some exerts:

Jobs Lost
25,500 – New Jersey public sector lost since January 2010 (Capitol Quickies, 11/22/2011)
47 – Out of 51 nationally, New Jersey’s government job growth rate since January 2010 (Capitol Quickies, 11/22/2011)
45 – Out of 51 nationally, New Jersey’s private- and public-sector job growth rate since January 2010 (Capitol Quickies, 11/22/2011)
45,000 – Number of permanent jobs Christie cost New Jersey by killing the Access to the Region’s Core tunnel project (The Star-Ledger, 10/28/2010)
30,700 – Jobs lost in New Jersey from December 2009 to December 2010 (NewJerseyNewsroom.com, 1/19/2011)
16,300 – Jobs lost in New Jersey in December 2010 alone, including 13,300 private sector jobs (NewJerseyNewsroom.com, 1/19/2011)
10,000 – Teachers and school employees laid off in 2010 due to Christie’s budget cuts (Daily Journal, 12/29/2010)
6,000 – Number of construction jobs New Jersey lost when Christie decided to end the Access to the Region’s Core tunnel project (The Star-Ledger, 10/28/2010)
2,200 – Police officers laid off in New Jersey in 2010 due to Christie’s cuts to municipal aid (The Star-Ledger, 1/16/2011)

Federal Funding Lost
$145,000,000 – Amount owed to the federal government for Medicaid mismanagement (The Star-Ledger, 1/12/2012)
$171,000,000 – Minimum expected losses from 2012-2018 as a consequence of Christie pulling New Jersey out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (Environment New Jersey, 2/15/2102)
$3,000,000,000 – The largest Federal Transit Administration grant in American history, lost when Christie killed the Access to the Region’s Core tunnel project (Asbury Park Press, 12/27/10)
$60,000,000 – Amount of federal Race to the Top education funding lost for the second year in a row (The Star-Ledger, 12/16/2011)
$400,000,000 – Race to the Top federal education funding lost because Christie refused to compromise and work with teachers’ union on application for funding (The Star-Ledger, 10/10/10)
$9,000,000 – Federal funding for family planning services for uninsured women lost when Christie spending $1.1 million in state money on the program (Associated Press, 2/4/11)
$1,200,000 – Paid to politically-connected lobbying law-firm Patton Boggs for fighting demands from federal government to return $271,000,000 spent on Access to the Region’s Core project (NorthJersey.com, 7/5/11)

Corporate Bailouts, Mismanagement & Abuse of Taxpayer Money
$5,500,000,000 – Increase in New Jersey’s pension liability from 2010 to 2011 (The Star-Ledger, 1/25/12)
$2,832,000 – Shortfall in Christie’s payment to New Jersey’s pension fund for 2012 (The Star-Ledger, 1/25/12)
$2,100,000 – Shortfall in Christie’s payment to New Jersey’s pension fund for 2013 (The Star-Ledger, 1/25/12)
$828,000,000 – Amount in tax credits, grants, and other initiatives doled out through to the private sector from the Economic Development Authority (The Star-Ledger, 1/18/2012)
$591,400,000 – Amount spent since 2006 on the now-canceled ARC Tunnel project (NorthJersey.com, 10/9/2011)
$279,000,000 – Loss to NJ taxpayers as a result of Governor Christie canceling the ARC Tunnel project (NorthJersey.com, 1/8/2012)
$261,000,000 – Cost of twenty years worth of state tax breaks supported by Christie for Revel casino construction project in Atlantic City (Associated Press, 3/24/2011)
$200,000,000 – Cost of tax breaks Christie promised to the foreign company that took over development of Meadowlands Xanadu project (NorthJersey.com, 5/3/2011)

[fred44]

Oh wait, we can't forget what a great job he's done about our property taxes:

Property Taxes
20.4% - Net property taxes higher since Christie took office (NJ Spotlight, 1/30/12)
11% - Amount of income a New Jersey household spends on property taxes (The national average is just 3%)
3.3% – Average property tax increase in 2010 for New Jersey’s homeowners (Asbury Park Press, 9/2/10)
23.5% – Average property tax increase in 2010 for New Jersey’s homeowners after the cut of homestead rebate is accounted for (Asbury Park Press, 9/2/10)
518 – Municipalities that saw increase in average 2010 property tax bill (NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services)
494 – Municipalities that saw increase in 2010 property tax rates (NJ Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services, Property Tax Information)

But on the bright side, he has 5 million views on youtube! What a freakin joke! You need to have your head examined if you vote for this loser.

[JERSEY MAN]

Fred44, some people don't care about the facts, they like him because he despises teachers. lmao.

[bababua]

Originally Posted by JERSEY MAN

Fred44, some people don't care about the facts, they like him because he despises teachers. lmao.

Is the hate for teachers a phycological thing? If so that pretty funny. I have only nice things to say about my teachers as they tried to help me as much as I let them. Weird.

[EBWick]

Originally Posted by bababua

Is the hate for teachers a phycological thing? If so that pretty funny. I have only nice things to say about my teachers as they tried to help me as much as I let them. Weird.

All those teachers making huge coin at $65K/year are responsible for the mess America is in now.

Oh, did you see the head of UnitedHealth made $102 million in compensation last year? Isn't that capitalism at its best??