Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California’s budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same. Jerry Brown Read Quote
Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It’s in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now. Jerry Brown Read Quote
We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions. Jerry Brown Read Quote
Too often I find that the volume of paper expands to fill the available briefcases. Jerry Brown Read Quote
When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There’s more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What’s their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides? Jerry Brown Read Quote
We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are. Jerry Brown Read Quote
Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change. Jerry Brown Read Quote
I like computers. I like the Internet. It’s a tool that can be used. But don’t be misled into thinking that these technologies are anything other than aspects of a degenerate economic system. Jerry Brown Read Quote
It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet. Jerry Brown Read Quote
