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In reply to the discussion: Christie Crime Digest Volume III [View all]Laxman
(2,419 posts)105. How To Loot A Public Pension.....
Ahoy mateys! Thar be gold in them coffers and Cap'n Christie is here to take it! The good folks at HedgeClippers.org have done a handy little analysis of the New Jersey pension system and the results are disturbing. New Jersey has a serious pension shortfall. Governor Christie is running around the country touting his "reforms" as he tries to cut benefits that have been paid for by public employees based on that shortfall. He blames the "greedy" public employees. But in reality, it isn't a systematic failure of the pension funds, its been a deliberate hijacking of the public funds meant to finance public pensions and diverting it BY THE BILLIONS to Christie donors-who then used their sharp business acumen to produce smaller returns and charge higher fees.
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I know what you mean.. There's been so much illegality in the christie admin and from christie
Cha
May 2015
#9
my first thought when I saw skinny Wildstein was "the people behind Christie radiation poisoned him"
Backwoodsrider
May 2015
#33
Also known as "Christie's Forty-Seven-Percent-Moment" (Good-natured jabs, my donkey)
rocktivity
May 2015
#50
Is Christie's publicly-financed self-exonerating Mastro report about to come back to haunt him?
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#56
You rock Laxman!!! While the non-memories of "Fitzmas" still hurt, I think this is different...
winstars
Jun 2015
#61
I have said all along, he will never get convicted of any crime. He seems to let others....
Logical
Jun 2015
#73
Christie's latest power failure: Another storm, another self-serving response
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#80
UPDATE: (Hillary Supporter) Jon Bon Jovi Says He Gave (Hillary Opponent) Christie Permission
rocktivity
Jun 2015
#85
Christie Confirms Bruce Is Still His Fave NJ Musician, Gets Ovation From Bruce's Fans
rocktivity
Aug 2015
#98
He's Being Funded By A Tabloid? That Explains Why He's Started Talking Like One
rocktivity
Aug 2015
#99
Didn't Christie just fantasize about beating a woman and then serving her with a subpoena?
rocktivity
Feb 2016
#138