[ml/nj]

It's time for Christie to cut EXISTING pensions. Prior legislatures have no right to bind those in the future. No teacher is going to support me, and I do not wish to support any teacher. If it comes to fighting, I'll fight: geezer to geezer.

ML/NJ

[Don Corleone]

BUMP!

[Vigilanteman]

Pennsylvania produces a large surplus of teaching school graduates, particularly here in the southwest part of the state. Only a small fraction of them can find positions close to home. The last time our school board had vacancies to fill, they reported 300 or so applicants for every position. We’re just one state, so I’m sure New Jersey will no problem finding replacements who would love to work even a little closer to home.

[kcvl]

23.Tuesday April 13, 2010, 4:51 PM - SC says:

All Gov. Christie has done (God Bless him) is expose the NJEA for all their greed and waste. 130 million in revenue?? 500K a year for the president??

http://www.northjersey.com/news/041310_Christie_calls_for_teachers_union_to_forgo_member_dues.html

[JohnBovenmyer]

If you can’t in good faith negotiate down existing pensions and if liberal judges block you from cutting them legislatively, than turn their own favorite weapon on them. Hit them with windfall pension taxes, enough to make the post-tax pensions fair! Don’t they love to feel our pain?