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Chris Christie presidential campaign, 2016/Labor and employment

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Former presidential candidate
Chris Christie
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(2010-2018)
U.S. Attorney for New Jersey
(2002-2008)
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  • About 30 protesters for the New Jersey Amalgamated Transit Union traveled to New Hampshire on February 8, 2016, to protest Chris Christie at one of his final campaign events in the state prior to the February 9, 2016, primary. They chanted, “Chris Christie, bad for New Jersey, bad for you.” Christie dismissed them as his “favorite Democrats.”[1]
  • In his annual State of the State address on January 12, 2016, Christie attacked state Democrats for pushing a constitutional amendment that would require the state to pay into the pension system for workers at current rates. Christie wants Democrats to cut benefits instead, The Wall Street Journal reported. Christie said the Democrats’ pension plan would cause the state to sacrifice spending on health care, education, children and other priorities to “pander to pensioners.” He added, “This is the road to ruin.”[2]
  • Christie signed legislation in 2011 designed to address pension reform. The reform increased the amount of state contributions to the pension system but called for concessions from the unions. Over the two following years, Christie cut the payments by nearly $2.5 billion, angering the unions and increasing the pension debt by billions of dollars.[3]
    • During his State of the State address in January 2015, Christie acknowledged the problems with New Jersey's pension system but did not offer specific details with regard to his plan to reform the issue.[4]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ USA Today, "New Jersey protesters follow Gov. Chris Christie to N.H.," February 8, 2016
  2. ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Gov. Chris Christie Targets Unions, Democrats in State of the State Address," January 12, 2016
  3. ↑ Wall Street Journal, “New Jersey's Chris Christie Vows to Persevere on Pension Reform," July 1, 2014
  4. ↑ NJ.com, "Christie's State of the State address light on pension specifics," accessed January 22, 2015
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