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Hey Dick Codey, what part of "we're broke" is unclear?

Governor-elect Chris Christie has asked the lame-duck legislature to honor a moratorium on new spending. It's sound policy; NJ is $1 billion in the hole for the current fiscal year, and there is a projected $8 billion deficit looming for the next.

Outgoing State Senate President Dick Codey (D-Roseland) is having none of it. Restraint, that is. He's determined to push through a plethora of new spending bills before Christie takes office in January.

What part of "we're broke" is unclear Dick? When the well runs dry you can't pump more water out of it. Our financial well is dry. You wanna be a big shot and pump more money into ever-escalating social programs? Use your own damn money. Get some of your rich cronies to put up their stash.

Last year when the state was facing red ink you were on board with shutting down our state parks to save $3 million dollars. Now you're ready to "compassionately" donate $48 million to the fat cat "victims" of Bernie Madoff? What's up with that, Dick? Did one of your buddies lose his shirt and so you're gonna have us taxpayers bail him out?

No can do Dick.

Dick Codey needs a refresher course in the wisdom of Grover Cleveland.

I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution and I do not believe that the power and duty of the general government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit. A prevalent tendency to disregard the limited mission of this power and duty should I think be steadfastly resisted to the end that the lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the government the government should not support the people.

Write this down, Dick — The government should not support the people.

Posted at 09:40 by Chris Wysocki   [/nj_politics]   Comments | Archived | Perm Link |
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