Jon Corzine
Jon Corzine
Jon Stevens Corzineis an American financial executive and former politician. A Democrat, he was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 2001 to 2006 and was the 54th Governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010. He also worked as CEO of Goldman Sachs during the 1990s and was CEO of MF Global from 2010 to 2011. He was charged by the Commodity Futures Trading Commissionin connection with MF's bankruptcy in 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 January 1947
CountryUnited States of America
Let's award public contracts by competition and quality, not contributions.
let his family down and he'll probably let New Jersey down, too.
I have a very optimistic view of where New Jersey can go, ... My opponent has presented a more negative view than is necessary.
The reason I want this job is that I have experienced the American promise. ... I want to make sure every child in the state of New Jersey has that,
We have a culture of people who look to government as a way to make money, ... Whoever is the next governor has got to take this on tooth and nail, and I intend to do it.
We were told that the president didn't know about the sale until after it was approved. For many Americans, regardless of party, this lack of disciplined review is unacceptable.
When I saw the campaign ad where Andrea Forrester said, 'Doug never let his family down and he won't let New Jersey down,' all I could think was that Jon did let his family down and he'll probably let New Jersey down, too,
We ought to ban it from the school house right to the governor's chair,
Neither as a complement nor as a replacement do I support the concept of intelligent design being taught in schools, ... I believe that evolution and science are the place that we ought to give emphasis to.
That is laid out in my comprehensive anti-corruption proposal.
It's something any responsible financial planner would suggest, ... Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.
It's an opportunity for me to work my delegation, which aare the people who can help make it happen in November. It's a tremendous opportunity for me to plug into the national campaign, and build up my own excitement about this process.
It remains to be seen whether or not development on the island would even be permitted under the Endangered Species Act,
We've seen 2.4 million private sector jobs lost under this president, and I think he needs to speak to how we're going to get our economy going, how we're going to create jobs and have real economic growth.