New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told a town hall meeting in Somerset Tuesday that the state's public pension system is unsustainable and that he plans to force legislators to tackle the issue during his last term.

Christie's remarks came a day after he led a rally with local officials in Trenton calling for a new cap on police and firefighter salary increases.

The Republican governor slammed Assembly Democrats for letting the cap on arbitration awards to expire this month. The cap was approved by both houses of the legislature in 201 along with a law capping property taxes at two percent.

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