http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/ny...orkers.html?hp
New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Benefits Rollback for Work Force
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Published: June 23, 2011
"TRENTON — New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday approved a broad rollback of benefits for 750,000 government workers and retirees, the deepest cut in state and local costs in memory, in a major victory for Gov. Chris Christie and a once-unthinkable setback for the state’s powerful public employee unions."
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This is wonderful news, the public union leeches can no longer expect the rest of us who work for a living and pay taxes to sustain their lavish benefits, second homes in Seaside Heights or Long Branch, and 40-year retirements with annual COLA adjustments with free health care. The gravy train has come to a halt - FINALLY.
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