Bruce Springsteen Writes Letter To Asbury Park Press

NEPTUNE, N.J. — Bruce Springsteen has written a Letter to the Editor to what he calls his hometown newspaper.

Springsteen on Thursday thanked the Asbury Park Press for a March 27 article about how anti-poverty groups in New Jersey are facing an uphill battle as Gov. Chris Christie seeks to cut spending and property taxes.

Springsteen writes that the "article shows that the cuts are eating away at the lower edges of the middle class, not just those already classified as in poverty."

Springsteen says it will "likely to continue to get worse over the next few years."

The letter is signed: Bruce Springsteen, Colts Neck.

Comments

[Supersteel]

06:35 PM on 04/05/2011

Your fans would have more money if your concerts were cheaper Boss.

[Supersteel]

06:33 PM on 04/05/2011

Bruce could give away all his money and make a giant dent!  Go for it "Boss." Put your money where your mouth is and give away everything to help your fellow man.

[LewScannon]

02:33 PM on 04/04/2011

It's good to see that some of our celebrities haven't forgotten their roots.

[rcmp3]

10:20 PM on 04/03/2011

He has a fang.

[April22]

03:26 PM on 04/03/2011

No budget problem for our government, but a moral problem.

[nelson castillo]

09:10 PM on 04/02/2011

Lyrics to Gov.Christie from the song Hungry heart

Lay down your money and you play your part
Everybody's got a hungry heart...........

Everybody needs a place to rest
Everybody wants to have a home
Don't make no difference what nobody says
Ain't nobody like to be alone

[timhere]

11:56 AM on 04/02/2011

For those who have tried to dog the boss for being rich, these lyrics suggest that he struggles with that guilt himself.

Now Raphael Rodriguez was just seven years old
Shot down in a schoolyard by some East Compton Cholos
His mamma cried "My beautiful boy is dead"
In the hills the self-made men just sighed and shook their heads

This is a prayer for the souls of the departed
Those who've gone and left their babies brokenhearted
Young lives over before they got started
This is a prayer for the souls of the departed

Tonight as I tuck my own son in bed
All I can think of is what if it would've been him instead
I want to build me a wall so high nothing can burn it down
Right here on my own piece of dirty ground

Now I ply my trade in the land of king dollar
Where you get paid and your silence passes as honor
And all the hatred and dirty little lies
Been written off the books and into decent men's eyes

[April22]

03:25 PM on 04/03/2011

Thank you for that!

[leorangerie]

05:33 PM on 04/01/2011

Bruce is a legit guy on many levels. He's used his fame and platform for the general good for 35 years. Have to admire that.

[elijah24]

03:58 PM on 04/01/2011

I'm wherever theres a cop, beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry, born baby cries
When theres a fight against the blood, and hatred in the air
Look for me, Mama I'll be there

Whenever somebody's fighting for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helping hand
Wherever somebodys strugling to be free
lookin their eyes, Mama you'll see me!

[skinnyquinny]

03:32 PM on 04/01/2011

He is using his fame to shed light on a very troubling aspect of society: the poor, taking away from the poor and ignoring the poor.
He donates to the Monmouth County food bank among other charities in NJ. His music is all about the disadvantaged.
He gets it.

[trumbull desi]

04:06 PM on 04/01/2011

Fan nbr 1 skinnyquinny.

I'm a Jersey Girl and Bruce has always been my favorite, as much for his music as his humanitarian heart.

[AG creative]

02:12 PM on 04/01/2011

Doesn't Bruce live in Beverly Hills?

[trumbull desi]

04:06 PM on 04/01/2011

No. He's always kept his roots in NJ.

[AG creative]

05:02 PM on 04/01/2011

Haha maybe he keeps his roots in NJ, but his Flowers are definitely in California ---

http://www.celebrityhousepictures.com/bruce-springsteen.php?housephotos=3

[drumz]

02:37 PM on 04/02/2011

Why, hoping he's a hypocrite like right-wingers?

[Richie MuadDib]

01:29 PM on 04/01/2011

The Boss!

[argentino]

11:03 AM on 04/01/2011

"...is a dream a lie if it don't come true?
or is it something worse?..."

[argentino]

11:01 AM on 04/01/2011

"...I'm driving a stolen car, down on Eldridge Avenue,
each night I wait to get caught, but I never do..."

[Estreet1964]

11:17 AM on 04/01/2011

Deep cut from The River, my favorite Springsteen album.

[argentino]

11:25 AM on 04/01/2011

Deep is right - one of my favorite songs - so spare, so powerful...

[NY Guy]

09:01 AM on 04/01/2011

NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation. Corruption was rampant under Corzine. At least Christie is trying to bring some sanity to that state. Bruce is a great entertainer, let's leave it at that.

[KCGranny]

03:14 PM on 04/01/2011

Since there is just so much money to go around....less now after Corzine...Bruce might consider parting with a few of his millions and/or give concerts to help his home state. What ever happened to reality vs. Eutopia.

[trumbull desi]

04:08 PM on 04/01/2011

http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/711-bruce-springsteen

[ktpinnacle]

04:36 PM on 04/01/2011

He does more than Hannity and Limbaugh, granny.

Just make sure your heroes drown our country in a bathtub.

[CATNIP1]

09:56 PM on 04/01/2011

Christie is a dunce, and doesn't know what he's doing.