As you already heard, the South Jersey Democratic Machine, led by George Norcross III, provided the muscle to push the bill which will drastically raise health insurance and pension contributions for the state's half million public employees. This includes everybody, including state troopers and judges. The bill also eliminated cost of living increases on pensions.
As with every thing else, Mr. Sweeney and his boys voted the way they did because it was good for Mr. Sweeney and his friends. To hell with the constitutants, let alone loyalty to organized labor. Remember, Mr. Sweeney is the Ironworkers president.
The bill originally contained a provision which would have required public employees to get all their health care in New Jersey, because with few exceptions like emergencies on vacation out of state, the policy would not pay to out of state providers.
Who pointed out this provision? Why, the Republicans. It wasn't until then that Democrats from soutside the thrall of Mr. Norcross agreed to remove the provision. Mr. Sweeney and his friends defended the provision because they said it would keep New Jersey insurance money in the state. In fact Sweeney inserted the provision on behalf of his friend, George Norcross who is CEO of the Cooper Health hospital system and also owns a health insurance company.
Guess who would have benefited from keeping you fron going to let's say Sloan Kettering in New York for cancer treatment? Why, Mr. Norcross and his insurance company and hospitals. Nothing like having a captive audience to buy your product, even if something else that's better is available out of state.
Here is the list of Sweeney's contributors:
http://www.elec.state.nj.us/ELECReport/ContribByContributorsActiveXViewer.aspx?Page=A&Year=2011&Party=DEMOCRAT&Loc=3&Report=NonPAC&EType=P&Office=1
(Click on the link. I tried to put the whole file up, but to no avail.)
I did the advanced search and this is what they gave me for the 2011 primary. It looks like a list of 2007, 2008 and 2009 contributions.
Here is a list of all the individual reports filed by mr Sweeney, including some from 2011. Here is the link to the state website.
http://www.elec.state.nj.us/ELECReport/MultipleSearchView.aspx?Page=1&Office=1&Location=3&Party=1&LastName=sweeney&FirstName=stephen
Happy hunting!
As with every thing else, Mr. Sweeney and his boys voted the way they did because it was good for Mr. Sweeney and his friends. To hell with the constitutants, let alone loyalty to organized labor. Remember, Mr. Sweeney is the Ironworkers president.
The bill originally contained a provision which would have required public employees to get all their health care in New Jersey, because with few exceptions like emergencies on vacation out of state, the policy would not pay to out of state providers.
Who pointed out this provision? Why, the Republicans. It wasn't until then that Democrats from soutside the thrall of Mr. Norcross agreed to remove the provision. Mr. Sweeney and his friends defended the provision because they said it would keep New Jersey insurance money in the state. In fact Sweeney inserted the provision on behalf of his friend, George Norcross who is CEO of the Cooper Health hospital system and also owns a health insurance company.
Guess who would have benefited from keeping you fron going to let's say Sloan Kettering in New York for cancer treatment? Why, Mr. Norcross and his insurance company and hospitals. Nothing like having a captive audience to buy your product, even if something else that's better is available out of state.
Here is the list of Sweeney's contributors:
http://www.elec.state.nj.us/ELECReport/ContribByContributorsActiveXViewer.aspx?Page=A&Year=2011&Party=DEMOCRAT&Loc=3&Report=NonPAC&EType=P&Office=1
(Click on the link. I tried to put the whole file up, but to no avail.)
I did the advanced search and this is what they gave me for the 2011 primary. It looks like a list of 2007, 2008 and 2009 contributions.
Here is a list of all the individual reports filed by mr Sweeney, including some from 2011. Here is the link to the state website.
http://www.elec.state.nj.us/ELECReport/MultipleSearchView.aspx?Page=1&Office=1&Location=3&Party=1&LastName=sweeney&FirstName=stephen
Happy hunting!
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