Ready for President Christie?

The candidates for President are both dyed in the wool champions of privatization, austerity and tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans – including our “corporate citizens” like Koch Industries and the GEO Group.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a world-class politician. How else could a union buster win so many endorsements from public sector associations? But the obese cat is now out of the bag and the people whose pensions are being toyed with like French fries now have their eyes wide open. Currently Christie is laying down the infrastructure needed for a presidential campaign in 2016. And according to some observers at least, Christie’s anti-public employee and anti-union bona fides might carry him all the way to the White House where he can do some real damage. It’s hard to imagine which would be the worse scenario for public employees and public safety professionals – a Christie administration or a Hillary Clinton administration. Both are committed servants of power and dedicated to making the lives of everyday Americans much harder.