Why do young people oppose him so much?
Leaving the RGGI and canceling the ARC tunnel = short-sighted decisions that screw future generations HARD.
How many young New Jerseyans do you think are actually aware of these decisions or their consequences?
I'm well aware that my reasons and views are not necessarily typical.
FWIW I do consider vetoing the gay marriage bill the third-worst thing Christie has done, and of course your average young person knows and cares about that much more.
RGGI- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an interstate compact among a number of states in the Northeast to establish a pilot cap-and-trade system to cut emissions of CO2 and other planet-warming gases.
ARC- Access to the Region's Core, basically another set of rail tunnels under the Hudson, sorely needed since there's only one pair of tracks under there right now, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad about a century ago and currently at full capacity. It's a huge transportation bottleneck. The planning process was complete, and the federal gov't was going to foot the vast majority of the bill, and the state (and region)
desperately needs further capacity... but no.
Yeah, those were the two biggest issues for me.
