"Unlike the federal government, the state of New Jersey can't print money."

Amen to "that is the line of the year."

Sadly.

It's probably not the most important thing anyone could say, but it stands a good chance of becoming the best line spoken even though this is an election year, when many very intelligent things ought to be said about the rather foul stench emanating from Washington, D.C. these days.

Kudos to Governor Christie for having the nerve to say "no" to that whiny little teacher. I believe when Ann Coulter wrote that the one group of people in the country you can't criticize is teachers, she spoke a very harsh truth. Every American is expected to kowtow to the saintly icon floating over the holy altar of Education; speaking ill of them is blasphemy.

This teacher knew that and was trying to exploit it. You can't cut a saint's salary, you can't claim I don't do it for the love, you can't tell me I have to make do with a salary that's 40% higher than the national average--I am a college grad-yoo-ait!