Why Are Americans ALLOWING Military Industrial Complex Profiteering To Bankrupt Our Country?

[sereneyoshiko]

the irony is that the whole idea of and the word: defense, makes it sound like the US is defending itself on homefront, like, here in our country. What it should be called is OFFENSE spending because we are not bombing or fighting anywhere here, because of nafta we are hardly strict on the mexico border anymore, its all about defending ourselves in countries we dont belong in the first place. Stop the Offense, save on 'defense"

[sparkyj99]

~~> Because if WE made our own armorments in our own factories, well, that would be socialism... Thank you Boeing for the pretty commercials I'm being force feed... I wonder what your selling me?? Free market capitalism made way for war profiteers... WE pay a private corp to feed our troops at $30 per... WE used to feed our own at $.30 per... Thank GOD for Mickey Dz in the green zone... I just don't know how our boys would be feed if it wern't for free market enterprise...

[hollyannblss]

YUP! as long as Americans keep giving their hard-earned tax dollars to their war machine, the machine will keep eating them!

[TheNameOfMyAccount]

Americans have been electing anti-war people since the midterms in 2006. And ALL of them have continued the same policies using pathetic excuses and re-evaluations.

Don't blame the people for the monolithic corruption and criminality behind the scenes in Washington. We're at the epicenter in the USA, but whoever these people are, they're trying to control everyone. And stop believing what the TV tells you about us. Most of us have been poor for generations because of the system in place.

[hardkoregamer999]

AMERICA WHY YOU NO CARE?

[airevolt1]

Google "Cost Plus". This is how the defense industry is financed. They get their expenses paid (cost) PLUS a percentage over that, so the more money they waste, the more money they make. They deliberately leave parts off of equipment so it will break down and need replacing- it's insane, but highly profitable. This is why we have endless wars against enemies of our own creation.

[DesertFerret7]

ISN"T IT FUCKING WONDERFUL THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING CARE ME?! IT'S SO FUCKING SWELL!!! I don't have to work! FUCK WORK MAN! THE GOVERNMENT HAS ME FUCKING MADE! THIS SO FUCKING WONDERFUL! No it isn't! Seems people are out of touch. It is going to come back and hit them square in the ass in hard way they can't even imagine. Once that happens they are going to realize that they have been duked and they will go in a rage attack. You can't hide from reality forever.

[cantore35]

when are people going to wake up! OBAMA IS OSAMA! DONT YOU GET IT YET! its all planned! we are the bad guys this go round! stand up militia before we all are vaporized!

[garytcw]

Vote Ron Paul ROM repent.

Sure you reduce debt, get back on your feet. Free market is harsh, some kids will die due to poison food. Then free market will adjust... If the poison works slowly.... Then free market will adjust slowly...

Go check out big head baby in Chinese all because of factory use poison subsitude milk powder..

[master2030]

Ron Paul is for all that but these guys maybe don't want to say it because he's not democrat.

[defect530]

that guy sure is flamboyant.

[KCKatheist]

Why? Complacancy, blind nationalism, stupidity, and GREED.

FDR found war profiteering so abhorent it was illegal at that time. Eisenhower warned repeatedly about the ethical and economic casualities of a well funded, unrestricted MIC. The very idea of making a fast buck off of the death and carnage of warfare is an unsupportable, repugnant concept to many people. Yet here we are-once again cornered by a monster WE created!

[darrenritt27]

Defense Budget my ass. Lets call it what it is....The OFFENSE BUDGET!!

[Textynn]

@darrenritt27 It's certainly offensive.

[darrenritt27]

@Textynn In more ways than one No Doubt!

[N0nC0nF0rMi5T]

Why? Because the Republicans are the greatest profiteers, and a Democrat can't even get elected if they mention cutting military spending as an option, because the Republicans will make it seem like they want our soldiers to die, and to make us lose wars, and they will make them look entirely un-American in the eyes of all the stupid, lazy people in this country who would rather base their vote on a 30-second campaign ad than pay attention, do some research, and actually think for themselves.

[bozolazic]

@ReignbowSmite I like Bernie too.I was just sayin' Nobody 2012!

[proticalsonn]

fuck democrats they threw white workers under the bus!!!

[TheRealCadaver]

@proticalsonn White workers throw themselves under the bus by whining about "illegals," The Bible, abortions, guns, and "gays" while ignoring issues concerning a bloated "defense" budget, the "war on drugs," outsourced jobs and labor, and private military contractors and bankers screwing taxpayers royally while syphoning profits into bigger, better political campaigns and anti-regulation lobbies.

Man, fuck the "white worker" vote. That's the mindless sheep vote.

[bozolazic]

@ReignbowSmite OOOOOOOOOOOH YEAAAAAAAH BERNIE!

NOBODY 2012!

[sintruder]

Yeah it was just the Republicans, the fucking Democrats wanted the unconstitutional super committee to fail more than the Republicans since they are going to run against a do nothing congress next year

[PostSurgeOperative]

"Defense spending constitutes...14.31% of the total federal budget and ... 3.5% of GDP...Data for Calendar Year 2010 from the SIPRI indicates that the next 21 countries combined, from China to Taiwan, spend MORE on their militaries than the US ... US is responsible only for 43% of the world’s total military spending, not “over 50%”. And that’s only if you accept the understated military spending figures for China and Russia"

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[Kitswain59]

FUND Defense CUT Militarism. Ron Paul has received more donations from the military than all other candidates combined. Bring all our troops home from around the world..........Ron Paul 2012!

[LiteStyle0o]

(0:33) "...cuts $600Billion over TEN years..."

This is a joke right? They spend that much in less than a day. So over the next ten years they'll cut one days worth of spending out, YEAH that's a solution.

[487shawn]

love this one moxy have been saying this for years the REAL american defense budget is almost 50% of all us taxes!

[JuggalocodeChile1988]

For more FALSE sense of security. Security from what?!

[Ixteeler]

Because most Americans are stupid. They say "if you don't like the TSA don't fly" now they're coming to our highways.

[dipojones]

Because Americans are busy with dancing with the stars, black friday sales, football, basketball starting in december...and every other bullshit on TV. They do not give a fuck about what their government does with their money abroad.

[Textynn]

@dipojones People give a fuck. They just have zero representation in government. Hence OWS. It's the only form of democracy we have and the captured government is attacking peaceful protesters like it is a war. People being beat and eating pepperspray for their country is PEOPLe definitely giving a fuck. It's "their" government that doesn't give a fuck.

[real934]

@dipojones Just as long as thier fat ugly faces are fed and they are stimulated by entertainment of sex violence,pharmas drugs and cheap shit beer then they're just fine with that. Im an American who sees this retarded shit everyday and used to laugh about it ,now sometimes i just want to leave it.

[100abovetheinfluence]

In about 50 years I see the U.S. breaking up into confederations or separate countries.

[JamesAlan051]

this nonsense spending has got to stop

[TheEZPAXIIChannel]

@JamesAlan051 War has to stop then!

[JamesAlan051]

@TheEZPAXIIChannel exactly

[skedaddleMLS]

you can't cut the republicans keynesian socialist parts of the government they like!

[fonkymaster]

Too many people still do not give a fuck. Snooki's tits are all that matter.

[HUJUism]

Looks like every Empire has the same ending!

[AnarchoVoluntaryism]

They are not cuts, they are cuts to increases; which is to say, they are still increasing the budget, but not as much as they would have increased it.

[bozolazic]

Defense against the Boogieman!

[LedaOhio4]

@bozolazic If upto our GOV.. They'd have everyone looking under their beds for "terrorist" every night!

FEAR FEAR FEAR so we can control you.. YOu need a mommy daddy GOV and handouts!

RON PAUL 2012 on an EFFING PAPER BALLOT!

Still unaware??

Youtube search "Programmer oath vote fraud"

[bozolazic]

@LedaOhio4 I have some respect for Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich and Bernie Sanders.  I would still prefer Nobody 2012!

[biggydx]

Because sadly most of our populace are idiotic in terms of doing research on candidates who continue to keep us in wars. I was first able to vote in the 08' elections and I was watching the TYT vids to keep up with the candidates running. Even looked into their history (which is where I found out about Obama's voting record). I took a chance, but sadly I have been disappointed.

Whats important is that you dont make the same mistake twice, which is the fundamental flaw I see with US voters.

[kdavidmcd]

Make it policy that NO PROFIT can be made off of war. THEN see how long these wars last....

[trajan74]

@kdavidmcd

Only a commie nazi fascist socialist muslim illegal immigrant traitor would say something so sensible.

[BET8ON8ME]

@trajan74 why did u include muslim ??

please understand that muslims are not "evil" as they show u on tv

i am muslim and i am all for peace , i am so American !!

Ron Paul 2012

peace

[watercup123456]

@kdavidmcd That's a really good idea :-D

[rogueraiser]

@kdavidmcd Also make it so NO Government can make a profit from The War on Drugs.

Drugs and Oil...... the two things that keep the war machine moving.

[Uriel1816]

Ron Paul 2012.

[XulChris]

End the wars.