Chris Christie avoids hard truths at CPAC

By: American Decency Staff

Chris Christie began his remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday with an anecdote that seemed to portend some tough talk for his fellow Republicans.

In his early days as governor of New Jersey, Christie recalled, a looming fiscal crisis forced him to confront the state's powerful public employee unions, who enjoyed benefits so generous that they were bankrupting the state. Christie had to trim pensions and benefits to put New Jersey on a sound fiscal footing.

Obviously, the unions were unhappy. They booed when Christie met them face-to-face at a firefighter's convention. But, as Christie recounted to CPAC, he had to tell the hard truth about the state's financial situation. They needed to know.

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