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NJ Gov. Christie Clashes with Teacher at Town Hall
The Blaze ^
| September 10, 2010
| SeekTheTruth
Posted on 09/10/2010 4:58:50 AM PDT by seekthetruth
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is known for telling it like he sees it. At a town hall meeting in Raritan, NJ, he made sure to bolster that reputation. The fireworks start in the beginning but be sure to listen to the video clip below. Governor Christie explains how the teachers union in the state refused to compromise to save the states crucial education dollars. Listen and see why I love Governor Chris Christie!
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KEYWORDS: chrischristie; christie; education; govchristie; nea; nj; teachers; unions
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To: GlockThe Vote
I saw an old HS teacher a couple years ago and the $$$ car she was driving. So, I got nosy and looked her up on BostonHerald.com (they have a list of every current and retired state employee along with their salary/pension) and I don't know how, but this person makes MORE money in yearly pension than when she worked.
She had no advanced degree (she was nice, but not exactly the brightest bulb) and she's pulling down a BIG, tax-free pension and (practically) free healthcare.
Not a bad investment for a few quid spent on supplies (which are tax deducible), eh???
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:22:48 AM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Vote McCarthy (MA-6)/Bielat (MA-4). MA-4 is Bwaney's district.)
To: Artemis Webb
The beauty of that is you know where he stands. No waffling, lying, or dishonesty. No one is the perfect candidate. I.E we are not going to agree with someone 100%. I can live with a guy who tells the truth as he sees it. He is a man with character. How rare today
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:23:42 AM PDT
by
70th Division
(I love my country but fear my government!)
To: Artemis Webb
The beauty of that is you know where he stands. No waffling, lying, or dishonesty. No one is the perfect candidate. I.E we are not going to agree with someone 100%. I can live with a guy who tells the truth as he sees it. He is a man with character. How rare today
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:23:51 AM PDT
by
70th Division
(I love my country but fear my government!)
To: Artemis Webb
The beauty of that is you know where he stands. No waffling, lying, or dishonesty. No one is the perfect candidate. I.E we are not going to agree with someone 100%. I can live with a guy who tells the truth as he sees it. He is a man with character. How rare today
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:23:58 AM PDT
by
70th Division
(I love my country but fear my government!)
To: Darkwolf377
This guy does his job with all the self-confidence and abandon of someone who knows his organization is in such desperate financial straits that
nothing is off the table when it comes to money-saving measures.
The applause you hear for the governor in the background in that video is very telling. I never thought I'd see the day, but over the course of the first eight months of the Christie administration we have seen public school teachers fall to a low level of public esteem that is usually reserved for lawyers.
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:24:19 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("Let the Eastern bastards freeze in the dark.")
To: Alberta's Child
The way he addressed her was perfect. She was no different from anyone else, none of the bowing and scraping teachers demand from their public servants. She was just another person, and when she didn’t show proper manners, he called her on it. Then he explained his position and his facts dismantled her unionspeak.
I dig that.
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:26:58 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. -- written by Robert Towne)
To: raybbr
"I'm a taxpayer!" Yeah, your "pay" comes from someone else's taxes. So, in effect, you are only paying back what you took.That is so true that it was worth repeating. Public employees don't pay taxes. When a government job is created at, say, $50K gross salary, the private sector pays the salary and a bookkeeping entry is made deducting some of it for withholding.
It's sort of an extra, hidden little tax on the private sector for each new government hire.
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:27:34 AM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
To: Crichton
Maybe teachers aren’t all union flaks but they sure are represented by them. When teachers quit being nothing more than a DNC machine, we will begin respecting them again. For them to whine about buying supplies when we pay their salaries they can always go out into the real world and find out what else they have to buy.
Pray for America
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:27:34 AM PDT
by
bray
(The Tea Party Manual: http://www.brayincandy.com/id239.html)
To: NFHale; hiredhand; RachelFaith
Outstanding !!!
these type things give my cynical side a wee bit of hope for the Republic to turn from the brink...a weeee bit...
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:29:16 AM PDT
by
Gilbo_3
(Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
To: Darkwolf377
Unfortunately, if will keep electing people who refuse to deal with the national security and economic issues resulting from illegal aliens the US is doomed.
As I said Christie is an improvement over Corzine (albeit mrginal) but he is not someone to be held up as a model fiscal conservative or potential presidential candidate.
How many jihadis, people traffickers, drug traffickers, pedophiles, serial rapists, drunk drivers, and sundry other criminals entered the US while Bush refused to secure our borders? How much of our hard earned tax dollars support these people? How many extraneous government employees suck up tax dollars to administer services to illegals? How much has our national security been compromised?
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:30:16 AM PDT
by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: seekthetruth
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:32:48 AM PDT
by
tutstar
To: seekthetruth
Christie has been spectacular against the teachers unions. Flat out awesome. But there are questions about some other stances he’s taken. I like the attitude of being both smart and unafraid to use facts to disarm the union shills - I am just not convinced he’s a solid Conservative in other matters.
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:33:50 AM PDT
by
Personal Responsibility
("In a time of universal deciet, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" - Orwell)
To: Crichton
Many (most?) teachers lay out around $500 per year from their own pocket to buy materials for their classrooms.Many if not all schools have incidental funding from outside sources to help teachers with material costs. PTA's. PTSA's, Dad's Clubs, etc. basically parents and community help the teachers. While many teachers do purchase the items they are reimbursed.
To: Leisler
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:34:29 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(When the same man...holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty: George Mason)
To: Darkwolf377
The reason for euphemism is the following: Sometimes the reality seems too brutal to say out loud. For example, the case can be clearly made for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nag but it sounds too awful to say we’re going to kill 200000 people with two bombs. Trouble is, it’s gotten to the point where ANYTHING can be used against the speaker so they say NOTHING.
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:35:28 AM PDT
by
ichabod1
(Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
To: seekthetruth
Attention all sissy politicians. This is what a real leader looks like!!!
Christie needs to run in 2012...Christie/Bolton 2012!
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:35:41 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(When the same man...holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty: George Mason)
To: Crichton
“He’s doing a good job for New Jersey.”
Great. I hope he stays there. I have nothing against him personally. But when he steps out onto the national stage and says stupid things, he is going to be called on them. When he does those things, he affects people in other states like me.
To: JPG
“A ‘ya’know’ off between HRC and Caroline Kennedy.”
ROFLMAO
Why do they do it? Why do they love “ya-know” so much?
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:36:17 AM PDT
by
ripley
To: freekitty
These people are teaching our children. Awful, isnt it? That's where socialists come from...
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:37:06 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: StarFan
Why do self-appointed genius Democrats love to use
‘ya-know” so often, between every other word and in every sentence?
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posted on
09/10/2010 6:37:34 AM PDT
by
ripley
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