Chris Christie: New Jersey hampered by ‘exploding’ retiree costs

Published February 25, 2014 5:00am ET



TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will again take aim at what he calls the “exploding” costs of public employee pensions and health care in his fifth annual budget message Tuesday.

In excerpted remarks released by his administration, Christie says the pension reforms enacted during his first term don’t go far enough.

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