US - New Jersey's voters back firing workers, freezing wages and cutting pensions in a poll released the day after Standard & Poor's cut the state's bond rating because of underfunded retiree and health-care liabilities.
Some 56% of respondents in a Quinnipiac University poll said they support firing state employees, while almost four out of five said they would support freezing wages. Two-thirds said they are in f...
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