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| Christie Limits Union Benefits in New Jersey |
| 2011-06-27 |
| The Republican New Jersey governor, who just completed a deal with The Garden State's Democratic Legislature on a bill that decreases benefits to unionized public employees, said during an interview with Politico that opponents are twisting the idea. "This whole idea that we're taking away collective bargaining is just false," Christie told Politico. "What we're doing is setting the bar to a new normal. "I think the future of public sector unions is still going to be important players in what happens as we move forward . . . but what we changed in New Jersey is, they're not gonna always get their way, all the time." Meanwhile, a union official called him "Hitler". As for the fact that his name keeps popping to the top of some Republicans' presidential candidate wish lists, Christie said with a chuckle: "Is it appealing to have people say to you, 'We believe you're the best person to be president of the United States and leader of the free world?' Yeah that's pretty good." Yeah, but some folks used to say that about Obama and Carter... But "you don't run for president because the opportunity is there. I would never run for president saying, 'I think I can win, I hope I'm ready.' I want to say, 'I know I'm ready, I hope I can win.' So until I can say that, I have no business asking anyone to vote for me for president." Every time I read about Christie, I like him more. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #1 collective bargaining: Newspeak for closed shop mandatory Unions already have paid representation in the form of the Donk party they |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-06-27 11:00 |