Bruce Springsteen at odds with Governor Christie's budget

[Political Junky]

Bruce Springsteen at odds with N.J. Gov. Christie's budget - On Politics: Covering the US Congress, Governors, and the 2010 Election - USATODAY.com

Bruce Springsteen has weighed in again on politics, this time in a slap to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's budget plans and their impact on state services to help poor people.
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[jillian]

Christie's going to be upset. He's been to over 100 shows.

This is Bruce's letter:

Thank you for your March 27 front-page story by Michael Symons, "As poverty rises, cuts target aid." The article is one of the few that highlights the contradictions between a policy of large tax cuts, on the one hand, and cuts in services to those in the most dire conditions, on the other.

(Click here to see the article: As poverty rises, NJ cuts target aid.)

Also, you've shone some light on anti-poverty workers and analysts such as Adele LaTourette, Meara Nigro, Cecilia Zalkind and Raymond Castro, among others, all of whom have something important to add to the discussion: real information and actual facts about what is happening below the poverty line.

These are voices that in our current climate are having a hard time being heard, not just in New Jersey, but nationally. Finally, your article shows that the cuts are eating away at the lower edges of the middle class, not just those already classified as in poverty, and are likely to continue to get worse over the next few years. I'm always glad to see my hometown newspaper covering these issues.

Bruce Springsteen

COLTS NECK

http://www.app.com/article/20110331...-Story-poverty-aid-cuts-gives-voice-voiceless

 

[whitehall]

Aging rocker Springsteen is just another ignorant leftie trying to influence the political process with his celebrity status. What else is new?

 

[jillian]

Aging rocker Springsteen is just another ignorant leftie trying to influence the political process with his celebrity status. What else is new?

yeah, and he has that black saxophonist working for him, too...

damned leftie.. .

 

[Avatar4321]

Why on earth should any thinking person care what Bruce Springsteen says?

 

[Rogo]

Well, I personally like Governor Christie. I don't agree with some of his policies, such as his handling of education, but I think he's a smart man and a great politician.

On another note, I'm sure Springsteen is a nice guy, but I think his music is repetitive and boring.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Why on earth should any thinking person care what Bruce Springsteen says?

because this is the Promised Land?....

 

[jillian]

Why on earth should any thinking person care what Bruce Springsteen says?

why should any thinking person care what any other thinking person says?

 

[whitehall]

"Born in the USA". "I was born in the USA". ....Bruce Springsteen

 

[Avatar4321]

Why on earth should any thinking person care what Bruce Springsteen says?

why should any thinking person care what any other thinking person says?

They shouldn't unless that thinking person has something intelligent to say.

 

[jillian]

Why on earth should any thinking person care what Bruce Springsteen says?

why should any thinking person care what any other thinking person says?

They shouldn't unless that thinking person has something intelligent to say.

i love people who can't acknowledge the intelligence of anyone they disagree with.

not...

 

[Sarah G]

why should any thinking person care what any other thinking person says?

They shouldn't unless that thinking person has something intelligent to say.

i love people who can't acknowledge the intelligence of anyone they disagree with.

not...

Christie has been to over 100 Springsteen concerts. Can you say stalker?

 

[Sarah G]

Sorry Jill, I see you already knew that.

 

[jillian]

They shouldn't unless that thinking person has something intelligent to say.

i love people who can't acknowledge the intelligence of anyone they disagree with.

not...

Christie has been to over 100 Springsteen concerts. Can you say stalker?

eh... he's a noobie compared to some of my bruce buds.

i've been to 65 shows since 1985

 

[jillian]

Sorry Jill, I see you already knew that.

lol.. they mentioned it when they talked about the letter when i was listening to the radio in the car.

 

[Sarah G]

i love people who can't acknowledge the intelligence of anyone they disagree with.

not...

Christie has been to over 100 Springsteen concerts. Can you say stalker?

eh... he's a noobie compared to some of my bruce buds.

i've been to 65 shows since 1985

That's a lot. Is he in NY a lot or do you all travel?

 

[jillian]

Christie has been to over 100 Springsteen concerts. Can you say stalker?

eh... he's a noobie compared to some of my bruce buds.

i've been to 65 shows since 1985

That's a lot. Is he in NY a lot or do you all travel?

mostly ny, nj and philly... but i've also been to syracuse and greensboro, nc.

 

[Ragnar]

Sorry Bruce but in this case, Governor Christie is "the boss".

Not that Bruce ain't cool:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnJnjV_8rg]YouTube - Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise[/ame]

 

[ginscpy]

I recall The Boss was on the cover of Time and Newsweek at the same time back in the mid 70s.

first I heard of him -nice coming out..

 

[jillian]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGNq2-S06I]YouTube - Bruce Springsteen/Land Of Hope And Dreams Live in Barcelona[/ame]