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Chris Christie

They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over

Chris Christie

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Chris Christie is saying that many believed it could not be done to challenge powerful public-sector unions and fix a failing pension and health benefits system. However, by working together across political parties, they were able to prevent a financial crisis and save taxpayers a large amount of money.

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