After recently floating a trial balloon about a plan to give every child born in America $5,000, this week Hillary Clinton is proposing to give away $1,000 to any American who earns up to $60,000, purportedly as part of the 401(k) program. Alas, if you make between $60,000 and $100,000, your vote is only worth 500 bucks. She is literally offering to buy our votes with our own money. Or actually, with our neighbors' money. Far too many Americans who wouldn't be convinced to cough up more of their own hard-earned cash, nevertheless are more than willing to reach into the pockets of their fellow citizens. Really, much of the Democrats' program essentially amounts to vote-buying, but Hillary is being particularly flagrant with it.

If Hillary offered any of her own funds in exchange for votes, it would be blatantly illegal. But she can offer as much cash as she's able to confiscate from others with reckless abandon. And somewhere near a majority of our fellow Americans, plus or minus a few percent, will eat it up and vote for this quasi-Marxist hackery.

(Demonstrating that she truly is a visionary, Hillary said she would encourage employers to have direct deposit from paychecks into the accounts. Uh, that's how 401(k) plans work now. Hillary Clinton - so out of touch with the little people.)