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NJ unions try to drum up support for Jon Corzine

I think we can file this one under "Dog bites Man" — the Star-Ledger reports that New Jersey union leaders want their members to be "excited" about voting for Jon Corzine.

The inducement to excitement? Jon Corzine isn't Chris Christie. That's it in a nutshell; their pitch revolves around pointing out that Christie will lay off state workers and Corzine has promised that he won't.

Unions — protecting the jobs of underperforming overpaid slackers since 1930! Their strategy worked out so well for GM, didn't it? And New Jersey (and other states like California) are buried under an avalanche of debt to pay for lavish public employee union retirement benefits.

To anyone who doesn't work for a public employee union Jon Corzine is a two-faced lying bastard. He promised to cut the size of state government, until it was time for Joe Biden to visit and then he suddenly reversed course. Instead of cutting employees he signed a contract in the dead of night that guarantees no layoffs for 2 years, and gives every employee 7 new "floating holidays" to use at their leisure.

Way to stand up for the taxpayers, Jon. Meanwhile Chris Christie refused to pander to the NJEA because he didn't want to be boxed in by promises he couldn't keep. New Jersey's finances are cratering and Jon Corzine has taken any employee concessions off the table.

So the unions are trying to muster support among the electorate for the guy who's protecting their jobs at the expense of everyone else. I'm pretty sure that's not a winning strategy.

Posted at 11:42 by Chris Wysocki   [/election]   Comments | Archived | Perm Link |   |   Tweet