Bruce Springsteen is making his opinions known about the political battles in his home state of New Jersey — with a letter to the Asbury Park Press, praising a recent article of theirs about the negative impact of Gov. Chris Christie’s (R-NJ) proposed cuts on the poor.
Interesting to note, Christie is himself a big Springsteen fan, and has a collection of many years worth of ticket stubs from concerts. Of course, Springsteen is known for being on the political left, and campaigned for John Kerry in 2004 and Barack Obama in 2008. Though perhaps the Boss cut Christie some slack — the letter is very harsh on the policies, but never mentions Christie by name.
“The article is one of the few that highlights the contradictions between a policy of large tax cuts, on the one hand, and cuts in services to those in the most dire conditions, on the other,” Springsteen wrote. He then praised the paper for highlighting anti-poverty activists, “all of whom have something important to add to the discussion: real information and actual facts about what is happening below the poverty line.”
He also added: “Finally, your article shows that the cuts are eating away at the lower edges of the middle class, not just those already classified as in poverty, and are likely to continue to get worse over the next few years. I’m always glad to see my hometown newspaper covering these issues.”
Eric Kleefeld
Eric Kleefeld joined TPM as an intern for the final months of the 2006 midterm elections, and then kept showing up for work. His other interests include guitars, old comic books and the politics of various English-speaking countries.
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