Fired Jersey Pol Just Glad Governor Didn't Eat Him

“I asked if they would mind writing a termination letter, instead of a resignation letter, because I do have a mortgage to pay, and I do have a daughter who’s just started college. And I, frankly, will need the unemployment insurance benefits until I find another job. … And they said fine. They said sure.”
-Former New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler explains why he requested to be fired rather than resign from his position in order to take advantage of our permissive society’s social safety net. Schundler-a one time rising star in the conservative wing of the Republican party-was dismissed “as a result of errors and misrepresentations… in a matter costing the state $400 million in federal ‘Race to the Top’ money.”