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N.J. Democrats say they’ll make good on $3.1 billion pension promise with budget

assetContentTRENTON — Democratic lawmakers on Monday are expected to reveal their plan for a state budget they say would bridge the gap between the $1.3 billion Gov. Chris Christie wants to spend on public worker pensions next year and the $3.1 billion unions are demanding. That plan likely relies on the controversial millionaires’ tax and a…

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Posted: June 21st, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: New Jersey State Budget | Tags: , , , | 4 Comments »

4 Comments on “N.J. Democrats say they’ll make good on $3.1 billion pension promise with budget”

  1. Sancho Panza said at 8:53 pm on June 21st, 2015:

    Maybe the whole state should hold its breath. Why should any of the bozos in Trenton do anything to uphold the honor of the state and its decades-old contracts with tens of thousands of workers now that the hacks on the Supreme Court have made legal the abrogation of sacred contracts?

    This isn’t even someone going back on his word. This is downright ripping up the paper that all those meaningless contracts have been printed on.

  2. M.Lynch said at 10:01 am on June 22nd, 2015:

    We are one of the lowest ranked states in job creation this should help us get to the 50th spot.

  3. Mark said at 3:51 pm on June 22nd, 2015:

    Sancho, here’s the rub; the unions and politicians GAMED THE SYSTEM. Why should overburdened taxpayers be on the hook for these crooks and hacks. If they are so intelligent, let them pull a rabbit out of their hat but not pull another cent out of our pockets.

  4. Sancho Panza said at 6:13 pm on June 22nd, 2015:

    @”Why should overburdened taxpayers be on the hook for these crooks and hacks.” The dumbos get what they voted for.