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Chris Christie, job creator

Higher employment level -- in the governor's office

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Chris Christie, job creator

POSTED: Monday, September 10, 2012, 9:20 AM

UPDATED: 1 PM

New Jersey's 9.8 percent unemployment rate, which some call a record, is a "poll" and not a reliable indicator of his success, Chris Christie says.

Those merchants of negativity more commonly called journalists make "apples and oranges" comparisons when they question his celebrated statewide job creation figures in light of his state's rising unemployment, the governor insists.

But Gannett NJ journalists made an actual count -- of staffers in Christie's office -- and found that both employment and job creation are up! The workforce has increased by 18 and now stands at 134, with strong growth in the communications and scheduling sectors.

Gannett reporters Bob Jordan and Michael Symons quote Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak as calling the uptick in gubernatorial office employment "reasonable" in light of an overall 5,400 cut in the state government payroll.

Indeed: With all those YouTube videos to upload, town halls to stage and Comeback/Endless Summer campaigns to wage, Team Christie has plenty of work to do.

Kevin Riordan @ 9:20 AM Permalink | 18 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:48 PM, 09/10/2012

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— hannibal barca

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:42 PM, 09/10/2012

@sharky - Kinda like you always brining up Reagan and Bush data?!? Now who's the hypocrite???

Such a dumba*s

— Professor1982

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:46 PM, 09/10/2012

LoL...that was good. Corzine/McGreevy in 2013.

— Professor1982

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:49 PM, 09/10/2012

The New Jersey bully is a joke. Now he blames the Media for his failure to create jobs, and actually be responsible for a 9.8% unemployment rate. He fits the mold of Mitt the Fraud and Paul the Chopper for lying and misstating facts. The bully should leave NJ and go to other states to tell the kool-aid crowd how wonderful he is. We know better.

— lport

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:06 PM, 09/10/2012

the act gets real old doesn't it. bad dude.

— slanted and enchanted

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:50 PM, 09/10/2012

Hey nj how was the state doing before Christie? You act like the state was great and Christie ruined it. You hate tax cuts but that's how you bring in jobs. Stop hanging on to politician parties and pay attention to what is happening. You say Obama needs time because the economy was bad but the governor needs to leave. At least he is getting something done even though he doesn't control the state government.

— skills

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:12 PM, 09/10/2012

Christie is a puppet of Democrat leader George Norcross and Senator Sweeney of South Jersey. That is how he gets things done.......FOR DEMOCRATS!!!!!! LOL

— PhillyTerm

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:53 PM, 09/10/2012

Unemployment won't go down? Why, he's already cut taxes on the rich and passed the bill along to the middle class, isn't that the republican solution to everything?

— Pelti

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 6:45 PM, 09/10/2012

Smart people also know that invasive government bureaucracy doesn't create jobs and, infact, creates an onerouse burden on middle class taxpayers and slows down job creation. Redisribion of wealth never works...just look at Europe for proof.

— Professor1982