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Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ9) held a pep rally for Medicare with seniors at a Fair Lawn dinner yesterday. The seniors at the meeting reflected on their illnesses and praised Medicare for paying for their surgeries, treatments, etc.  Of course, seniors love Medicare; the general population heavily subsidizes it.  If seniors had to pay the full cost of Medicare, the premium for each beneficiary would be approximately $11,000.

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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chair of the House Budget Committee, and all but four of his fellow Republicans passed a budget for fiscal 2012 on April 15.  No Democrat voted for the Ryan budget.  The Senate, controlled by the Democrats, will not approve Mr. Ryan’s “path to prosperity.”

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Paul Tractenberg’s turgid screed, “Let’s get real about education in New Jersey,” criticized me for challenging the assertions he made in a recent Record op-ed defending the current school aid formula.  He also claims I live in “eccentric parallel universe.”

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Rutgers University law professor Paul Tractenberg argues in an op-ed (The Record, “Constitutional showdown,” April 3) that the Christie administration violated the constitutional rights of New Jersey’s public education students when it cut aid to school districts this year.

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“My fellow Americans.  I will make a brief announcement today about my reelection campaign to be your president for another term.  Let me be clear, I know many of you are busy, especially those of you who are still looking for work.  That is why I want to confess as well.  (more…)