Jerry Brown explains his theory of economics: “We need more welfare and fewer jobs.”

This isn’t one of those cases where the candidate can explain something away by saying it was a youthful indiscretion. It’s not like Christine O’Donnell saying she experimented with witchcraft in high school or even Chris Coons calling himself a bearded Marxist right after college.

This isn’t one of those cases where the candidate can explain something away by saying it was a youthful indiscretion. It’s not like Christine O’Donnell saying she experimented with witchcraft in high school or even Chris Coons calling himself a bearded Marxist right after college.

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No, Governor Moonbeam was 55 years old and had already served two terms as California governor in 1995 when he said we need more welfare and fewer jobs.

Here’s the genius’s complete quote:

The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs. Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I’m talking about welfare for all. Without it, you’re going to have warfare for all. Without a universal health care like every other civilized country, without a minimum level of income, this country will explode. You can’t blame the guy at the bottom forever. At some point there’s a reaction and we’ll see that the real criminals are those calling the tune, making the rules, and walking to the bank.

Remarkably, Brown’s ahead in the polls. To which we can only say, elect this guy and you get what you deserve, California.

Let the exodus begin.

H/T: Fox Nation

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