Politics over sound policy

The Star-Ledger makes it clear that yesterday’s vote on women’s health funding was purely political — which shouldn’t surprise anyone who has been following the escapades in Trenton.

Gov. Chris Christie has portrayed himself as a tough budget sheriff, but it is clear if you look at the spending decisions in his budget that ideology is a determining factor behind nearly every dollar included or excluded from the budget.

That includes pension reform and his assault on public education, his decision to cut family-planning funding and more things than I can list.

Christie is no more a straight-shooter than Jon Corzine. He’s just ballsier.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet