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Governor Jon S. Corzine
By corzineGOVERNOR CORZINE NAMES LABOR & WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONERWill Nominate Acting Commissioner Socolow to Continue to Serve
TRENTON - Governor Jon S. Corzine today announced that he will nominate David J. Socolow to serve as Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development. Socolow currently serves as Acting Commissioner of the department.
“Acting Commissioner Socolow has a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience on labor issues,� Corzine said. “He has been a valuable asset to this administration and I’m pleased to submit his nomination.�
Prior to his service as Acting Commissioner, Socolow headed the Unemployment Insurance Division in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Additionally, Socolow has held top positions at the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Department of Labor, and is a former Chief of Staff to Congressman Rob Andrews. The Moorestown resident earned an M.P.A. from Rutgers University and a B.A. from Harvard University.
“I am honored and grateful that Governor Corzine has nominated me to be Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development,� Socolow said. “I have dedicated my career to standing up for working families and I look forward to pursuing the vital goals that Governor Corzine has set.�
All Department heads are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The only exception is the Secretary of Agriculture who is appointed by the Board of Agriculture with the Governor’s approval.
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Another Huge waste of taxpayers dollars !!! This agency has not
Another Huge waste of taxpayers dollars !!!
This agency has not created one job !!!
Save this money and give it to Educate those who
cannot find work
The biggest reason people cannot find work today is because the
The biggest reason people cannot find work today is because the public education system is NOT doing their job in the first place. Why else do you think that most newspaper articles today are written between a third and sixth grade level? Our Abbott Districts currently spend around $18,000 to $22,000 per student with ZERO results.
This is exactly why New Jersey is in the shape it is in today. Politicians constantly see fit to pump more and more money into programs that don't work.
In 1966, liberal politicians promised that a three percent sales tax would lower property taxes. Then it was raised to five percent in 1971 and raised again in 1982 to the current six percent. Now Governor Corzine wants to raise it to seven percent.
The Income tax was created in 1977 with a top rate of 2.5 percent. Then it was raised to five percent in 1982, raised again to seven percent in 1990 and then finally raised again to the current nine percent.
It's astounding to me how New Jersey politicians have gone to great lenghts to generate more and more money to completely misuse and just flat out piss away!
If we are going to properly educate children in order to prepare them to find jobs as adults, we need to reform our public education system so our schools are no longer political gravypots where politicians dole out high paying jobs to their friends.
Newspaper writers should not feel the need to dumb down their articles. Our students should be challenged in school by reading with a newspaper in one hand and a dictionary in the other in order to improve their vocabulary. Vocabulary says a lot about a person's character and educational background.
Remember that the politicians we elect to office are a reflection of our intellegence and education as a whole. If we don't know what we are doing when we vote, chances are the politicians we're electing don't know what they're doing when they're legislating.