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Sat Mar 20, 2010 at 05:11:20 PM EDT
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Patrick Murray is curious about Governor's talk of ending one shot gimmicks, while he continues to use them:As a side note, is anyone else scratching their heads over the continued underfunding of our current pension obligation in Christie's "no gimmicks" budget? I know he's pushing hard for pension reforms, but when does underfunding current annual obligations cease to be a "one shot" to balance the budget? Just curious. Just another promise broken for the Governor, but it's ok because he made those when he was a candidate. Maybe he thinks he can't be held responsible for things he said on the campaign trail. He says he is making the tough choices, but John Bury at NJ.com says he's taking the easy way out by not making a payment into the pension fund and ensuring further problems:Chris Christie took the coward's way out, a well worn path trodden by every New Jersey governor in recent memory, by punting.
Offering the feeble excuse that "our pension system must be reformed before we can or should fund a broken, out-of-control system" Christie assured that it will remain broken and careen more out of control under his watch. Not only is he skipping the payment, but he's continuing to include the number in his structural deficit calculation even though there is no such appropriation. It's ok though, because he's doing that with the property tax rebates as well to mislead the public into thinking a pretty bad problem is that much worse. Just another day in the Christie administration.
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