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Title: Chris Christie: Nation of couch potatoes
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Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74987.html
Published: Apr 10, 2012
Author: Darius Dixon
Post Date: 2012-04-11 11:18:40 by lucysmom
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Views: 1535
Comments: 2
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that the U.S. is turning into a “paternalistic entitlement society” that will bankrupt the country financially and morally because “we’ll have a bunch of people sittin’ on a couch waiting for their next government check.” “I’ve never seen a less optimistic time in my lifetime in this country and people wonder why,” the first-term Republican governor said at the Bush Institute Conference on Taxes and Economic Growth in New York City. “I think it’s really simple. It’s because government’s now telling them ‘stop dreaming, stop striving, we’ll take care of you.’ We’re turning into a paternalistic entitlement society,” he said. “That will not just bankrupt us financially, it will bankrupt us morally because when the American people no longer believe that this a place where only their willingness to work hard … determines their success in life then we’ll have a bunch of people sittin’ on a couch waiting for their next government check,” Christie said.
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#1. To: A K A Stone, Anti-ping to CE, Fred Mertz, Godwinson, go65, war, no gnu taxes, Skip Intro, ferret mike, jwpegler, brian s, mininggold, mcgowanjm (#0)
Should this go under humor?
Anyone claiming to be an expert is selling something. I brandish my ignorance like a crucifix at vampires. Aaron Bady
Fatso has attained sustainable 4% waistline growth, so why not? How embarrassing to be at the Bush Institute, I'd at least cross to the other side of the street to avoid it.
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
The conference is part of a Bush Institute initiative to promote sustainable 4 percent economic growth. Former President George W. Bush also spoke.
#2. To: lucysmom, *Ron Paul for President* (#1)
a Bush Institute initiative to promote sustainable 4 percent economic growth
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
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