Is Christie coming home?

Chris Christie sounded an awful like the Republican governor of New Jersey this afternoon when he addressed the NJ Business and Industry Association Public Policy Forum in East Winsdor.

He almost sounds like he’s in 2010 form, ready to fight with the Democratic Legislature and their union patrons.

Christie said he is ready to lead the fight to keep New Jersey affordable “so that our people can get great jobs, raise their families and live the kind lives they want to live in this state. ”

That would be a welcome development.

Cheak out the videos and transcript that his office sent:

 

Governor Christie: Force must meet force. That’s it. That’s what politics is everybody, especially in this state. Force must meet force. We’ve had good candidates who have lost for no reason and we’ve wasted time that we otherwise could have spent building a better state. So, from my perspective, it’s up to you to decide now. I’ve expended a decent amount of force over the last six years, I think all would admit. Some like it, some don’t. That’s fine. I’ve been at 78% and I’ve been at 38% and I’ve been every place in between and if you think that matters a lick to me, then you haven’t watched me do what I do. What matters is what we get done. How many touchdowns we put in the end zone and how many times we stop the other team from doing what it is they want to do. I’m ready to continue to be a part of the team and continue to be a part of the fight. In this administration, the Christie-Guadagno administration, we will continue to work as hard as we can to create jobs, create growth, create a positive atmosphere, and bring business to New Jersey so that our people can get great jobs, raise their families and live the kind lives they want to live in this state. If you are willing to join in that fight with me, I think you can tell, there is not a bit of edge off of my willingness and ability to fight.

 

Governor Christie: Beware and here’s what’s coming down the pike now. The President of the Senate, yesterday, said he wants to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to require, constitutionally, pension payments to be made. I want you to understand what this is going to mean. This is a $3 billion tax increase on 90% of the state, to benefit his political patrons who amount to 10% of the state. Now if this is the kind of state you want to live in, then get ready. Because the payoff for the tens of millions of dollars that the public sector labor unions have donated to the Assembly and Senate Democrats is coming right down Broadway, right now. They bought and paid for this legislature and here comes the payoff. And by the way that’s not all they want to do. They want $3 billion to put into the pensions of new taxes. And I want you to understand. When Jim McGreevey did the millionaires tax in the early part of the last decade it raised over $2 billion. If you did the same millionaires tax today, at most, it would raise $600 million. Now what’s that tell you? A lot of millionaires have left the state of New Jersey and gone elsewhere. So, don’t let them tell you they are going to be able to help the poor down trodden public sector union workers by taxing the rich. That gets them a fifth of the way there. The other $2.4 billion is coming from you.

Posted: December 8th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, News | Tags: Chris Christie, New Jersey | Comments Off on Is Christie coming home?

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