state budget that slashed 820 million dollars in education aid and urged voters to defeat school budget if the local teachers union did not agree to a one year pay freeze. taxpayers did that tuesday, rejecting more than 58% of school spending plans. the first time since 1974 that a majority of budgets were defeated. assistant editorial page editor james freeman joins us with more. the conventional wisdom is once benefits are in place, you can t stop em and you can t take on the teachers unions, you can t take on city hall. why is christie succeeding so far? well, so he s been able to articulate what is at stake. he s also has a population in new jersey that has been getting soaked for decades. they pay the highest property taxes in the country. they are saying enough is enough. paul: how is he articulating the stakes?
state budget that slashed 820 million dollars in education aid and urged voters to defeat school budget if the local teachers union did not agree to a one year pay freeze. taxpayers did that tuesday, rejecting more than 58% of school spending plans. the first time since 1974 that a majority of budgets were defeated. assistant editorial page editor james freeman joins us with more. the conventional wisdom is once benefits are in place, you can t stop em and you can t take on the teachers unions, you can t take on city hall. why is christie succeeding so far? well, so he s been able to articulate what is at stake. he s also has a population in new jersey that has been getting soaked for decades. they pay the highest property taxes in the country. they are saying enough is enough. paul: how is he articulating the stakes?
million dollars in education aid. and he urged voters to defeat their district s school budget if the local teacher s union did not agree to a one-year pay freeze. taxpayers across the state did just that on tuesday, rejecting more than 58% of school spending plans. the first time since 1976, that a majority of budgets were defeated. wall street journal editor and garden state resident jason freeman with more. the conventional wisdom, once the benefits are in place, you can t stop them and take on the teacher s unions, you can t take on city hall. why is chris christy succeeding, at least so far. so far he s been able to articulate what s at stake here and he also had a population in new jersey that s been getting soaked for decades. the highest property taxes in the country and they re saying enough is enough. how is he articulating it? the stakes?