A long time ago I coined the phrase “Wimpy Promises” to refer to the many types of obviously unkeepable promises that were running rampant in our economy not the least of which was government pension programs. NJ Gov Christie was one of the first sitting governors to dispense with sugar coated verbiage and other forms of fake political correctness so it makes sense that he is also one of the first to start seriously whacking away at the unkeepable promises made by his vote buying predecessors.
His name for them is “fairy tale promises”:
The is still a big awakening to happen in this country as more and more people figure out that unkeepable promises must eventually be broken. While this is going to be very painful for many people I still see it as a form of healing. We need to count more on ourselves and less on the promises of someone else. It leads to a more honest existence overall where big talkers are pushed aside by big doers.
