to take on the public sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system headed to bankruptrywith bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. we did it. they said it was impossible to speak the truth to the teachers union. they were just too powerful. a real teacher tenure reform that demands accountability and ends the guarantee of a job for life regardless of performance. they said it would never happen, but for the first time in 100 years, with bipartisan support, you know the answer. we did it. now the disciples, they always underestimate the will of the people. they assumed our people were selfish, the tough choices and complicated decisions. that they would simply turn their backs. that it was every man for themselves. they were wrong. the people of new jersey stepped up. they shared in the sacrifice and they rewarded politics who led instead of politicians who pandered. we shouldn't be surprised, we've never been a country to shy away from the truth. our history shows that we stand up when it counts and it's th