A strange tale of proportions, both large and small, has emerged in New
Jersey. Newark mayor Cory Booker is living for one week on foodstamps, just to
show that people in poverty are struggling to get by, and that the government is
not giving them enough to live on. In contrast, Governor Chris Christie, who
could get by without eating for one week, is cutting back on government so that
people do not have to rely on foodstamps in the first place, nor feel compelled
to live off government more than they have to.
Christie went on “Oprah” to tout education reform for all New Jerseyans, including
the Newark school district. Wearing his furry wet fleece through thick and thin,
Christie stood by his state when Hurricane Irene then Superstorm Sandy hit New
Jersey. He cut property taxes for three years in a row, and he helped designate
his state as “Number One” for corruption
busting. He demanded teacher tenure reform and blocked excessive federal
boondoogles which would have cost billions that taxpayers could not pay. He
pushed for pension reform, saving workers retirements without ruining the state
or breaking the state’s entitlement funds.
While mainstream media pundits are still asking the Governor if he “weighs
too much”, Christie still asserts, and rightly so, that government “does way
too much.” I think that the Garden State and the United States would prefer a
Big Governor who supports limited government as opposed to a little leader who
boasts about Big Government.