Comments on: A Blueprint For Economic Disaster http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/02/24/a-blueprint-for-economic-disaster/ Democracy. Unwashed. Wed, 06 Sep 2023 22:36:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Adam Lambert http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/02/24/a-blueprint-for-economic-disaster/#comment-14 Adam Lambert Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:14:57 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=119#comment-14 @Gina - you are so right. "Home rule" is what is killing NJ families and taxpayers. If every single public employee was fired, that wouldn't even come close to closing the revenue gap. It is a fundamental structural issue and I've been preaching consolidation (first of services and shared buying of say, group insurance for all county employees) and then consolidating the smaller municipalities to avoid duplication of unnecessary services (and sadly, there are some). @Sue - I wouldn't be so sure. Christie is wearing thin already in NJ and pretty soon even the media is starting to tire a bit of it. Even if the NY Times is still sucking up to him, when people realize that he is waging class warfare, that he is a lying sack of you-know-what and is making their lives worse, they won't re-elect him. Especially since he got less than 50% the first time around as well.... @Gina – you are so right. “Home rule” is what is killing NJ families and taxpayers. If every single public employee was fired, that wouldn’t even come close to closing the revenue gap. It is a fundamental structural issue and I’ve been preaching consolidation (first of services and shared buying of say, group insurance for all county employees) and then consolidating the smaller municipalities to avoid duplication of unnecessary services (and sadly, there are some).

@Sue – I wouldn’t be so sure. Christie is wearing thin already in NJ and pretty soon even the media is starting to tire a bit of it. Even if the NY Times is still sucking up to him, when people realize that he is waging class warfare, that he is a lying sack of you-know-what and is making their lives worse, they won’t re-elect him. Especially since he got less than 50% the first time around as well….

]]> By: Gina Cooper http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/02/24/a-blueprint-for-economic-disaster/#comment-12 Gina Cooper Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:34:34 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=119#comment-12 New Jersey has 566 municipalities and over 600 school districts. The problem isn't the teachers at the bottom making 40k a year in take home pay. The problem in NJ is leadership that continues to protect the fiefdoms of the affluent. New Jersey has 566 municipalities and over 600 school districts. The problem isn’t the teachers at the bottom making 40k a year in take home pay. The problem in NJ is leadership that continues to protect the fiefdoms of the affluent.

]]> By: Sue http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/02/24/a-blueprint-for-economic-disaster/#comment-11 Sue Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:50:01 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=119#comment-11 What really scares me is that so many people are buying into his garbage and Governor Christie is going to be re-elected in NJ. The general public are clueless and rely on the media to report fairly and accurately instead of doing some fact finding on their own. Christie is a media darling. Couple that with ignorance on civics 101 and you have a recipe for disaster and many more years with this blowhard. What really scares me is that so many people are buying into his garbage and Governor Christie is going to be re-elected in NJ. The general public are clueless and rely on the media to report fairly and accurately instead of doing some fact finding on their own. Christie is a media darling. Couple that with ignorance on civics 101 and you have a recipe for disaster and many more years with this blowhard.

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