New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney sat down for an extended interview this week, and it didn’t take long for the conversation to swing to pensions.
In the clip above, Sweeney shares his reaction to the court ruling that will force the state to pay its full pension contribution in 2015, pending appeal.
Below, Sweeney talks about the idea of levying a tax on millionaires and using the revenue to pay down pension debt.
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