NJ gov: Entitlements make us lazy By ERIK KRISS Albany Bureau Chief Last Updated: 3:55 AM, April 11, 2012 Posted: 2:17 AM, April 11, 2012
We’re becoming a couch-potato nation, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie lamented yesterday. A “paternalistic entitlement society” is to blame, he said during a speech at the George W. Bush Institute Conference on Taxes and Economic Growth in Manhattan. “I’ve never seen a less optimistic time in my lifetime in this country,” the Republican big declared before a GOP audience at the New-York Historical Society. Former President George W. Bush lauded Christie’s “enormous personality” in introducing the man he nominated to be a US attorney. The Texan two-term president said his home state has taken note of Christie, adding, “We admire the courageous stance you take” and praising Christie’s “belief in the individual.”
AP 'That will not just bankrupt us financially, it will bankrupt us morally . . . We’ll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch, waiting for their next government check.' – NJ Gov. Chris Christie, discussing the dangers of an ‘entitlement society’
The Garden State first-termer, considered a rising national Republican star, explained the issue in simple terms. Government is now telling people, “‘Stop dreaming, stop striving, we’ll take care of you.’ “That will not just bankrupt us financially, it will bankrupt us morally, because when the American people no longer believe that this is a place where only their willingness to work hard and to act with honor and integrity and ingenuity determines their success in life, then we’ll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch, waiting for their next government check,” he said. The root of the problem: politicians’ hunger to please. “I think politicians get themselves into the biggest trouble when they care more about being loved than being respected,” said Christie, who turned down GOP entreaties to run for president this year and endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney....................>>>>..............>>>>................Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/chris_cross_XHwReGvgzZUllCsDqPHHHO#ixzz1rjcJU8ql
Don't ya just live Crisco Christie talking about (oh wait... I'm gonna enjoy this) ~ " ENTITLEMENTS!!! " ~
I mean, this is REALLY FUNNY!
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Chris Christie, he was a Wall St. lobbyist with zero prosecution experience who rather coincidentally, became the U.S. Attorney in N.J. only after he, his wife and brother bundled together a large cash contribution to George Bush.
I'd euphemistically say he shot to the top of the appointee list, but he wasn't even on the list until he coughed up the cash. Why, some people even say he bought the position! One might infer a certain sense of ENTITLEMENT there —
(Susie Madrak C&L)
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Our friends in Jersey say that everyone loves the guy.....well......except for the corrupt unions!! They said that the folks in Jersey are glad he isn't running for pres because their state needs him more!!! They love him!!!! TRUTH!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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