What is Your Opinion on NJ Governor Chris Christie...

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HappySqurriel said:

evolution_1ne said:

this is coming from someone who actually lives in New Jersey

Chris Christie is a fucking dumbass and so is his policies, he cut more than half of the education budget, laying off hundreds of teachers and screwing a lot of schools, I live in Newark the biggest city in New Jersey and as of now my former high school sooted only for a maximum of 600 students now has an excess of 800, with junior high grades (5,6,7,8)  now added, why because this fucktard cut the school budget causing the local junior high of the district to CLOSE DOWN, actually kind of upset now I don't have any pictures of the MASSIVE walkout demonstrated  by students and teachers, oh he did all this while simultaneously giving pay raises to himself and everyone under him. oh to add, the budget cuts overcrowded schools while cutting the amount of teachers, some of which I know and are Great teachers ( poor Ms. Kemphf )

now if your a republican DON'T continue reading masses amounts of frustration are being release in 3.....2......1  

"fuck me, my family, my home, my job, our economy, and the country and it's relations with everyone else, only long as you wave the flag while doing it, it's the republican way.

now don't take me for a democrat ( I'm not ) but what I am a person with COMMON FUCKING SENSE

because it's Obama and the democrats fault America is all fucked up now right -___- Jesus f**king Christ all i wish is that by the time you *censored* get to re-electing another republican I will have amassed enough money to buy a small piece of mexico to live the rest of my life in peace, you guys can have  your country ( WHICH DIDN'T  GO FUCKING ANYWHERE ) to the republicans to destroy and while it burns and the top 1 percent cashes out with all of YOUR money, and as you illusion of democracy burns to the ground, you'll still have your flags and I want you to wave them proudly because in the end you'll have no one but yourselves to blame.......................... 

*end rant*

thankfully not everyone in America if a stupid and the ones making most of the noise now are the minority, when it comes down to do the right thing I do believe America and it's people will once again show the world we DO have common sense and believe in smart people and ideas over a fucking political party

Chris Cristie didn't get elected because Obama supporters switched sides, no he got elected because Obama supports didn't vote which I can assure you all come next election his chances of being re-elected are between the chances of slim to none and never gonna happen.

 

 

hope I don't get banned for this, but this had to be said...

Wasn't New Jersey a state that had among the highest taxes, spending, debts and deficits per capita in the United States before Chris Christie became govenor? Doesn't this mean that the state needed agressive spending cuts to balance the budget before they hit a crisis point? How could the budget deficit going to be reduced to a reasonable level without agressive cuts to education?

 

I could be wrong, but I believe that Chirs Christie was actually heavily supported because he is the kind of person people seek out to lead when difficut and unpopular decisions have to be made.

New Jersey has the worst state debt-to-person ratio in America by large margins. They were projected to be more than $10 billion in debt for 2011, despite being much smaller than the other states in trouble like Illinois and California.

Here is my question for Evolution:

Knowing that your state has an annual budget shortfall of over $11.7 billion USD in 2011, and its a deficit that MUST be fixed, or go into bankruptcy, what would you cut, and where? Give exact examples on how you would of cut it where Christie did not.

From an outsider (Ohioan) view, Christie is fantastic. He's not popular with some people, but he is doing what absolutely must be done to reform the worst state in America. It is going to be hard, because he's having to weed out decades of corruption and bad practices, which are making people mad. However, if he did not do it now, 10-20 years from now, New Jersey would of gone the Greek route and went into insolvency. At that point, people would be far, FAR worse off.