Posted on 04/10/2012 10:43:23 AM PDT by magellan
Gov. Chris Christie said the country is becoming a "paternalistic entitlement society" this morning in a speech at a conservative conference headed by former President George W. Bush.
Addressing Bush and other national Republicans, Christie said he hasn't seen a less optimistic period in the country in his lifetime.
"Government's telling them stop dreaming, stop striving, we'll take care of you," he said at a theater at the New York Historical Society. "We're turning into a paternalistic entitlement society. That will not just bankrupt us financially, it will bankrupt us morally."
"We'll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for their next government check," Christie said.
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Boy he isnt kidding.
I was purchasing an apartment building last year and walked through many of them...
In the middle of the day, all were filled with ablebodied men and women, eating and watching big screen tvs. All on some sort of government subsidy. The realators were all pleased to announce that the buildings that they showed were filled with government subsidized tenants and that the rent was regular and could be counted on showing up. (so far, I thought).
I have had prospective tenants brag about their subsidies as a selling point for tenancy, she also had a rap sheet as long as my arm.
This is the new normal. Horrific!
I realize a lot of people don’t like Christie BUT when he speaks it’s in a way that a lot of people can relate to and comes across as sincere. He could be what the Romney campaign needs. The problem then becomes getting the rest of the country fired up over two Northeast republican-lite politicians.
It’s called pandering.
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