Of course they understand economics. They just don't think it matters or don't care as long as their constituents support them. Well, their constituents do supp

Of course they understand economics. They just don't think it matters or don't care as long as their constituents support them. Well, their constituents do support them -- it's easy peasy anyway. People in California hate Republicans to the bones. As a result, we don't really have check and balance. Without check and balance, we get all kinds of ridiculous policies. In a word, we get what we vote for.