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Chris Christie

Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. That's the right dire

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Chris Christie is saying that although New Jersey has a high number of government employees compared to other states, his administration has reduced the total number of state workers to the lowest level since 2001. He believes this reduction is a positive and necessary action.

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