The rich real estate developer, who is running against Rick Lazio for the Republican nomination, found a clever way to use empty upstate prisons - house welfare recipients.
"Instead of handing out the welfare checks, we'll teach people how to earn their check," Paladino told the AP. "We'll teach them personal hygiene ... the personal things they don't get when they come from dysfunctional homes," .
The prisons, according to Paladino, would be luxurious accommodations to these poor welfare queens.
"These are beautiful properties with basketball courts, bathroom facilities, toilet facilities. Many young people would love to get the hell out of cities," Paladino said.
Sounds delightful. But it won't just be a vacation. There is some learnin' involved for these uncivilized folk.
"You have to teach them basic things — taking care of themselves, physical fitness. In their dysfunctional environment, they never learned these things," he said.
Is this man that out of touch that he thinks people on welfare can't brush their teeth and would rather live in a prison complex? Apparently, he is.
Paladino attended a Tea Party candidate forum back in May at the Hilton Garden Inn where, we guess, he expounded his views much to the delight of the local yahoos.
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