Governor Christie is a scumbag, and now his true colors are showing

[DainBramaged]

Poverty is rising, demand for food stamps has rocketed and the job market remains tepid at best, more than three years after the economy began to crater.

Against that backdrop of need is a harsh reality anti-poverty groups say they struggle to overcome: Much of the public doesn't want to hear about it. Driven by Gov. Chris Christie here and Tea Partyers in Washington, the conversation is all about cutting government services — the faster the better.

As a pair of reports measuring societal challenges facing New Jersey were released last week, one about poverty and the other about child well-being, one of the common themes was about using the sobering numbers to try to change the conversation and wrest back a voice in the public-policy debate.

There were also disagreements about how aggressively to push their case.

"We're always much too polite when it comes to this fear of raising the issue of class warfare," said Meara Nigro of the New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition. She said wealthy companies benefit, and programs for the poor and middle class are cut. "We just need to be better at messaging. The Republicans are great at it."

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20110326/NJNEWS10/103260303/As-poverty-rises-NJ-cuts-target-aid?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

[DainBramaged]

1. And these paragraphs are the most telling

Christie vetoed legislation that would have temporarily raised taxes on income exceeding $1 million. Senior policy analyst Raymond Castro of New Jersey Policy Perspective was also critical of planned cuts in business taxes worth nearly $200 million in the first year, growing to $690 million by the fifth year.

"It's really alarming," Castro said. "We are cutting assistance to low-income people at the same time we're providing hundreds of millions in tax breaks to large corporations. It's just unacceptable, and I think it would be unacceptable to the public if they understood that. And I don't think that they do."


He is cutting overall assistance overall by 7-10% and cutting taxes for the rich.


If he went to Arby's and had an incident with a dinner roll, I would not be unhappy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What he's doing is just plain disgusting.

He needs to go, and his lousy laws right along with him.

Recommended.

:argh:

[a la izquierda]

3. My brother in law...

who is a news director for Fox, assures me that people LOVE him in NJ. Puke-tastic.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. That's what the polls indicate

The last ones I saw, anyway. That was a week or two ago.

[DainBramaged]

5. FAUX LIES, sorry.

[a la izquierda]

6. Well, of course! I know that...

I just think his protestations are amusing.

[barbtries]

7. we had a visitor in the office from NJ

he said they like him up there. :shrug:

[a la izquierda]

8. i do think it depends who you ask...

[barbtries]

10. no doubt.

i think i read somewhere that NJ has a lot of rich people.

[DainBramaged]

11. There are way more poor people than rich people there, way more

The Blue base sat out the November election and this bastard got in. He also promised to give property tax rebates, which was a huge part of his campaign, until he got elected, then he decided NJ couldn't afford it anyway.


Lying fuck. If he went into a DUnkin Donuts and got a donut stuck NJ would not miss him.

[barbtries]

12. it seems that that is how

all these republicans got in during the last election. lies told during the campaign and democrats staying home. it's very sad what goes on.

[madinmaryland]

9. The "I got mine, FUCK everyone else" Repuke Party.

:mad: