He actually said that??????
Indeed he did. Here is the exact quote from his interview in 1995. Brown had been Governor of California twice when he said this -
“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. We have the money, we have the brain power. The United States now has the highest measured wealth of any nation ever in the history of the world. We could rebuild our cities, we could create the kind of buying power and community well-being that will provide for peace. The guaranteed income is one way. Another way is to have always the availability of work in a nonprofit, in community service. A third is to start giving people training to develop skills where they can be self-supporting. You could come up with a cash supplement. Even conservatives have suggested a negative income tax to cut out the bureaucracy. If we were smart, we’d get rid of welfare and give people a family assistance like they do in Europe…
The problem isn’t even a problem. Automation and technology would be a great boon if it were creative, if there were more leisure, more opportunity to engage in raising a family, providing guidance to the young, all the stuff we say we need. America will work if we’re all in it together. It’ll work when there’s a shared sense of destiny. It can be done! It’s all there! What isn’t there is the leadership to create the kind of social network, the safety net, the distribution that would truly create a just and equal society…”
California Gov Jerry Brown circa 1995.
Another addition to his Greatest Hits collection is his admission on the national news that he and all politicians liars and he lied to get elected elected.
He said this in 2010, a year or so before he lied to California again and was elected.
FWIW, Jerry is running for re election this year as Gov of California after he lied his a** off in his last campaign and is almost certain to win re election in 2014 after lying his a** off in this years campaign.
He plans on running for President in 2016.
Only in America
Californians are too stupid to breathe on their own and have to be taxed to pay for the government funded CalMe420 reminder to inhale.
Enjoy - this is one of the most amazing interviews in American political history.
What an idiot.
That mindset is one of the reasons I hate Jerry Brown’s guts and liberals in general.
I’m impacted hard by crap thinking like that.... Jerry Brown is not impacted by it at all.
Hypocrite!