Christie: Buffett Should ‘Just Write a Check and Shut Up’

[Liberty]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-22/buffett-should-just-write-a-check-and-shut-up-governor-christie-says.html

More demagogery  Doubt he's telling people talking about issues he agrees with to shut up..

[enoch01]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-22/buffett-should-just-write-a-check-and-shut-up-governor-christie-says.html

More demagogery  Doubt he's telling people talking about issues he agrees with to shut up..

Christie took difficult, unpopular steps to try and right New Jersey's finances.  He's earned some goodwill to discuss this issue publicly.

Buffett chooses to use his wealth to farcically goad senators, who've never agreed that sending more money to Washington is the solution to the nation's problems, instead of writing a check to the Treasury.  He knows they won't take him up on the offer, but he also knows they don't agree with his premise.  So who is being a demagogue, again?

[hardincap]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-22/buffett-should-just-write-a-check-and-shut-up-governor-christie-says.html

More demagogery  Doubt he's telling people talking about issues he agrees with to shut up..

Christie took difficult, unpopular steps to try and right New Jersey's finances.  He's earned some goodwill to discuss this issue publicly.

Buffett chooses to use his wealth to farcically goad senators, who've never agreed that sending more money to Washington is the solution to the nation's problems, instead of writing a check to the Treasury.  He knows they won't take him up on the offer, but he also knows they don't agree with his premise.  So who is being a demagogue, again?

im always surprised when people use the "if he wants others to help, he should jsut write a check himself!" argument. the point of policy is to achieve critical mass in order to make a difference in scale. i like christie but its pretty disappointing to see him say something so asinine

[SouthernYankee]

hardincap,

Asinine is government policy which outspends revenues by 40%. I believe people like Christie believe spending is the main problem, not the taking of more money from productive citizens.

[Liberty]

Christie took difficult, unpopular steps to try and right New Jersey's finances.  He's earned some goodwill to discuss this issue publicly.

Someone doing something right doesn't mean that when he does something wrong it doesn't count.

[shalab]

Christy has no business to tell anyone to shutup as Christy himself is the government and taking a salary funded by the public.

The U.S constitution 1st amendment gives a right to every citizen to petition the government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

[ERICOPOLY]

I believe people like Christie believe spending is the main problem, not the taking of more money from productive citizens.

Well, he chose to cut the income tax instead of the property tax.  I'm not sure it's motivated by keeping money in the hands of the productive.  Unless lower income people are legitimately less productive.

[enoch01]

Christie took difficult, unpopular steps to try and right New Jersey's finances.  He's earned some goodwill to discuss this issue publicly.

Someone doing something right doesn't mean that when he does something wrong it doesn't count.

Of course, that is trivially true.

[SouthernYankee]

Ericopoly,

There are certain restrictions imposed by the NJ Supreme Court (some say unconstitutionally, as theirjob is not to determine what amount is constitutional),which bind the hands of the Governor and legislator when it comes to spending on education. His choice of lowering the income tax instead of the property tax is directly related to those restrictions. It also has nothing to do with the policies of the Federal Government, not really sure why you would bring it up.

[ERICOPOLY]

It also has nothing to do with the policies of the Federal Government, not really sure why you would bring it up.

It has nothing to do with Nicaragua, not really sure why you would bring it up.

(I didn't mention the Federal Government)

Regarding the property taxes...  does the NJ Supreme Court also prevent him from pushing for a tax credit on the state income tax return?  A tax credit in recognition of property taxes paid.  This would still leave some people out (those who pay less income tax than the value of the credit), but it would be relatively more evenly distributed.