Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts. – Chris Christie
A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime. – Chris Christie
Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since Ive been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. Thats the right direction, Mr. President, not the wrong direction. – Chris Christie
If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obamas leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff. – Chris Christie