The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
By Wally EdgeIn his first major fundraising event since becoming a candidate for an open State Assembly seat, South Jersey AFL-CIO President Donald Norcross raised a reported $350,000 tonight at an event held at the Battleship New Jersey Museum in Camden. It's possible - and likely - that Norcross set a record for the single biggest haul for any first-time candidate in a single event, and now gives him the single largest war chest of any Assembly candidate.
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Dirty Money Fuels Machine Politics Which Then....
...steals more dirty money which fuels more machine politics which steals more dirty money which fuels more machine politics which steals more dirty money which fuels more machine politics which steals more dirty money which fuels more machine politics which steals more dirty money which fuels more machine politics which steals more dirty money......etc (until the shit eventually hits the fan and the golden goose is dead.
That is the "business model" of a malignancy....and, so far, it is the dominant business model in NJ and the rest of our sad planet. It's not sustainable folks.....but the bastards who steal don't give a shit about what happens after they're dead.
Do YOU care about your children and great grand children? Do you want them to live in a shitty world just so today's corrupt "bosses" can make more money than they can ever decently spend.
anyone else
Get the call from the brother telling you that you are buying 4 tickets and then just hanging up?