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They're all thieves - ReTHUGs in name and nature.

Christie didn't fully fund the public pensions. That means the other part of the pensioners' funds were allocated to pay other budget items, meaning the pensioners were taxed twice. Teachers, police, firefighters, EMS, municipal and state workers (e.g., construction, administration).

Then Christie wanted to not fund the pensions at all. The Legislature and the Unions halted that proposal.

Now there isn't enough money to fund all the pensions that were collectively bargained for. And Governor Phil Murphy has to come up with a way to find the money from tax revenue (new and old) to replenish the pensions.

Now this . . . . .

so apparently TPTB think that the employees should be taxed once as part of the first-class citizens and again for being a second-class citizen.

do not fully fund pensions. It's been a huge problem.

No surprise to see Kasichs name. He’s a big jerk.

SHOULD derail kasuck's presidential ambitions.

Unfortunately, the corporate media is DESPERATE to anoint a puke they can call "moderate" and "reasonable, and kasuck looks like their chosen one, even though he is neither of those things.

The republicons have always viewed pension funds as their personal piggy banks. It's why the pension funds are in the mess they are in. This mess was accomplished through unbridled greed, rewarding their friends and possibly by design, so that the system collapses and all that money disappears. But remember, it doesn't just "disappear." It went into somebody's pocket.

to fund managers connected to his brother. The connected fund managers in turn charged excessive fees for services, thus costing pensioners more than they were paying before Christie intervene on his brotrher's behalf. He also suspended the rail tunnel project and redirected dedicated federal funds to rebuild the Pulaski Skyway with labor and materials supplied by "Christie approved" contractors.
Christie approved contractors were also given preference in rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy, and Christie's wife was put in charge of distributing Sandy relief funds.
Can anyone say unclean hands?

BOTH on this site!!!

Governors don't control state pension funds anyplace. They are controlled by a board of trustees. In NJ there are 9 members. Two are appointed by the governor. One by the state Treasurer. Six are elected officials. Public pensions are in mess in almost every state.

https://www.nj.gov/treasury/pensions/board-meetings18.shtml