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Yes, this is the same Chris Christie who snapped loudly to inform the lady with public school concerns to say "It’s none of your business!" Twice! She had only asked if the fact that his children attended private school, might cause him to slash public school funding more readily. Don’t believe your eyes or ears, just take it from Christie – he is a big ‘lovable, huggable’ hypocrite.
In other huggable news, Christie is feeling mighty good after the Anti Union bill passed the New Jersey Legislature. Now Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, and New Jersey have ended collective bargaining on health care for state employees and reduced their benefits greatly. The average worker can expect to pay up to an added $6 thousand dollars per year, and fire fighters, police, teachers, and others on pensions can forget cost of living increases.
Meanwhile, Christie’s pay and health package remains large and untouchable. Likewise, corporations and the top percentile of the wealthiest Americans needn’t worry about taxation, and the former may expect to continue receiving corporate welfare atop tax breaks. Some say boa constrictors are ‘huggable’ in their own way as well.