Mr_Matt_K t1_iue9vrv wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:52 PM

Reply to comment by yuriydee in ‘The Hug’ changed American politics. How a Chris Christie-Barack Obama greeting signaled the death of civility. by Flashinglights0101

He started throwing some of the respect away when all the Fort Lee stuff started coming out with the staffers he had hired (but that was after the 2013 election so he was still riding high on the Sandy bump). The Trump suckling in 2016 finished off the state Dems' respect for him and he lost pretty much the rest of the populace when the photo of him on the closed beach was taken.

d0mini0nicco t1_iug4r9j wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:40 AM

The guy attacked teachers and their benefits, as well as the police, firefighters, and other public workers that help the NJ society function as if theyre root cause of all the state’s problems. He handled Sandy well, yes, but anyone that goes on a public PR campaign that goes after the benefits of public servants that took decades to earn through contract negations is a big no my book. All the BS this state wastes money on, and public servants are the target. Hard no.

walrusdoom t1_iugfwm8 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:10 AM

Yeah, his war on teachers was awful.

-MACHO-MAN- t1_iuh7p96 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:14 AM

https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/new_jersey_state_spending_pie_chart

costs related to public workers are by far the biggest portions of this pie chart. And back then they were also paying next to nothing for healthcare costs.

That is the primary reason we are taxed to death in this state.