Posted on 05/22/2010 4:22:30 PM PDT by Steelfish
More Than 30,000 In NJ Protest State Budget Cuts
Thousands of people, some holding signs, fill the street near the New Jersey Statehouse during a rally Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Trenton, N.J., to protest Gov. Chris Christie's proposed budget cuts. Organizers say members of public employee unions hope a show of force will sway the state's top politicians to fight Christie. Gov. Christie has called for workers to accept wage freezes, and he's pushed for them to contribute toward their health benefits. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
TRENTON, N.J. - A crowd estimated at 30,000 to 35,000 people gathered Saturday near New Jersey's Statehouse to protest Gov. Chris Christie's proposed budget cuts. State police, who gave the crowd estimate, said no problems were reported.
The crowd is believed to be one of the largest ever to protest in state history. It was mostly comprised of public employee union members and several community and nonprofit groups that would lose some or all their funding if Christie's plans are adopted. Christie has called for workers to accept wage freezes, and he's pushed for them to contribute toward their health benefits.
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Greece redux. Public employees want their stuff regardless of the impact upon the state economy and the private sector.
I heard the union slogan at Eastern Airlines was "full pay 'til the last day."
Millions of New Jerseyans turned out several weeks ago to vote down an unprecedented percentage of bloated school budgets. The people are behind the governor on this regardless of how many union members stand in front of the state house squealing like stuck pigs.
Protestors offer their suggestions to try and close the 13 billion budget gap
http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2010/05/protestors_offer_their_suggest.html
as for the protesters?
F- em.
Get a job not feeding from the public trough.
Here’s what I do not get. If these people don’t do it for the money as many of them claim, then why shouldn’t they take a 50% or more pay cut? After all, it is for the children isn’t it?
Nailed....
Freakin’ leeches.
Without the charm...
The difference is the public employee unions have government protection.
This all goes back to JFK’s 1963 Executive Order #10988 authorizing federal government employees to unionize. States and cities followed in quick succession.
What we need is a President Palin (or whoever) to vacate that executive order and bring down the house of cards.
Where’s all the rich, limousine liberal ‘rats lining up at the state treasury to pay more so these bozos don’t have to protest?
What Gov. Christie needs is a strong show of support FOR the cuts, not just at the ballot box. Why aren’t Tea Partiers showing up at the Capitol or around the state?
In other words, more than 30,000 rallied for higher property taxes.
Too busy being productive?
For comparison. Active military pay no premiums and besides some small co-pays for prescriptions out almost everything is paid for.
As a military reservist I used to pay about $225 a month for comprehensive care, which is an awesome deal. The catastrophic caps were $1k per person/$3k for the whole family. Still a great deal.
As a federal GS employee I am no longer eligible for the Reserve Tricare program. I pay $370/month in premiums, 20% of visits with a $3k/$5k cap. I've got a sick kid so I come pretty close to that cap every year.
Even within public employees there is a wide range of benefit levels.
getting gov employees off the gov tit aint easy... gotta scraaaaape them buggers off.
Paid sick or vacation day.
Public Employee Union
scum
How about budget cuts in Zero’s expense account at our White House?? OMG, the King doesn’t get his Kobe beef every night and the Queen can’t entertain herself on We The People’s money.
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