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no_hypocrisy

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1. NJ wouldn't have a "pension crisis" if former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman had not RAIDED

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 08:15 AM

Dec 2018

the pension fund to take that money to add to the General Revenue to pay for her unnecessary TAX CUTS.

That money is still owed to police, fire fighters, public school teachers, etc. They earned it. It is for their retirement. And until it is returned WITH INTEREST, these public servants will have PAID THEIR TAXES TWICE, one for the their annual obligation and one more from their pension assets.

Murphy is doing the right thing to repay the $40-plus billion dollar theft.

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Murphy calls for changes -- but no cuts -- to drive down New Jersey's soaring pension costs [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2018 OP

NJ wouldn't have a "pension crisis" if former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman had not RAIDED no_hypocrisy Dec 2018 #1