Thursday, February 23, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Christie to Teachers: "Tough S#!&"

Jersey Jazzman: Christie to Teachers: "Tough S#!&":

Christie to Teachers: "Tough S#!&"

We now live in a world where politicians that give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and break promises to middle-class workers are considered "courageous":
Dellossa, a teacher at Palisades Park High School, where the town hall was held, asked Christie why he had gone back on a campaign promise not to cut teacher benefits.
She spoke specifically of one provision of his public employee benefits overhaul that hit close to home: The 20-year cut off for public workers to maintain their free health benefits for life.
"I'm a teacher here for 19 years, 11 months," she said. "So when I started this