TRENTON — Advocates have as message for the Republican leader who said New Jersey's unemployed don't want to look for work because jobless benefits are too generous. Bill Holland of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance will lead a rally outsider Assemblyman Alex DeCroce's office in the Whippany section of Hanover today. Holland says DeCroce's remarks remind him of...
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Bill Holland of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance will lead a rally outsider Assemblyman Alex DeCroce's office in the Whippany section of Hanover today. DeCroce, above, told business owners earlier this month that New Jersey's jobless benefits are "too good for these people." TRENTON — Advocates have as message for the Republican leader who said New Jersey's unemployed don't want to look for work because jobless benefits are too generous.
Bill Holland of the New Jersey Working Families Alliance will lead a rally outsider Assemblyman Alex DeCroce's office in the Whippany section of Hanover today.
Holland says DeCroce's remarks remind him of Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."
DeCroce told business owners last week that New Jersey's jobless benefits are "too good for these people." He said someone collecting $550 a week has little incentive to seek work.
The Assembly Republican leader later apologized and said his comments were meant for those who game the system.
Gov. Chris Christie called the remarks "wrong" and "ill-advised."
DeCroce's office didn't return a call for comment.
Previous coverage:
• Editorial: Apology not accepted: DeCroce's unemployment comments show he's clueless
• N.J. Assembly leaders trade barbs over unemployment benefits, 'race card'
• Labor union slams N.J. assemblyman's unemployment comments
• N.J. GOP assemblyman suggests reducing jobless benefits as incentive for unemployed to find work
• U.S. Senate passes compromise bill extending tax cuts, unemployment benefits
• U.S. Labor Department reports lowest jobless claims in more than 2 years
• N.J. unemployment benefits cut to 26 weeks, from 99 weeks, for first-time filers
