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  • Five Hundred Million ??? Forget confusion, the political class doesn't even know how to fucking count.

  • Around 4:57 he is SO right...a problem with democracy is that people are stupid and misinformed, and the government purposefully does its best to facilitate that so that when people vote, they will vote for the stupid shit...

    *sigh*

    Go Ron Paul man, that's all I can say.

  • It's time for Ron Paul to bring libertarianism and free markets back to the mainstream.

  • They should have Will Ferrell on this show

  • The bailouts started under Bush and are unconstitutional. They allowed failed businesses to thrive instead of letting them take responsibility for their own failure. CEOs and business criminals all retired early as a reward for their failure. Good job George W. Bush!

  • LULZ ... you know where they are getting the "money" now ... Libya in sept. i ran iraq afghanistan pakistan syria tunisia ... where else ... who will we kill next and pilfer all their goodies ??? THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA !!!

  • If polling data indicated that most Americans thought that congress should jump off a cliff...

  • Stossel for president 2012.

  • time crisis: damn good shooting game

  • I found I live happier with less American made dollar.I live simple..buy simple..this government is just lying to us...they created the "recession" by posing for more wars and instead of putting it where it really needed...our government sucks..has always.

  • I found I live happier with less American made dollar.I live simple..buy simple..this government is just lying to us...they created the "recession" by posing for more wars and instead of putting it where it really needed...

  • I live in Canada where we are more stable. Fuck you some Americans

  • LOL! "Make it in America on $25 and a dream..."

    Yeah sure you can, but you forgot one part of the equation...

    ...

    someone has to be dumb enough to buy your act.

  • at 4:50 . . .

    "That doesn't mean they're right." -- "Well no, it doesn't, but we're a democracy."

    You selfish PRICK!! Only thinking of polls. You KNOW it's wrong. You KNOW polls are just opinion. You KNOW it's destroying our economy. You KNOW real economists, who get this shit right, are firmly opposed. Yet you still SUPPORT the lunacy based solely on the opinion of an uneducated, misinformed, mob!?!

    There's not a baseball bat in the world big enough for the beating these douches deserve.

  • This is not a big economic crisis, but a big government crisis. People losing their jobs and not seeking one because they get money from the state, or unable to find one because of minimum wage.

  • @MrKiromunist Perfectly stated.

  • @MrKiromunist Absolute bullshit. 

  • 8 Gangsters supporting the gangsters gave it a thumbs down. You lot are no better than the street thugs.

  • "I keep on stealing peoples money, as a result, they don't have as much money."

    "Don't you think you should stop stealing their money"

    "Inaction isn't going to solve anything'

    When your actions are causing the problems, inaction is the solution.

  • I wanna beat the fuck out of these corrupt money hungry retarded politicians that financially rape me.

  • "unemployment is past 8%" or as we now call it, the good ole days

  • man it pays to be informed, to bad im so damn lazy :p

  • "This is exciting!"

  • Penn and Tellers "Bullshit" is better

  • sometimes the best action is inaction. this is clearly the case.

  • Stossel and his mustache in 2012. Screw a vice president. That 'stache is easily as competent as Biden!

  • You have a financial crisis because Americans do not understand the concept of spending within their means; hence the boats and RV's in driveways, big screen tv's, revolving credit cards, stop buying stuff!

  • "Crisis" is the new "9/11". Who are the terrorists? Look up the definition of "terror" or "terrorism". Look up HR-1955.

  • YEAH MR. Baejter....

  • YEAHE MR. Baejter....

  • Steny: "i hope so." 

    we're fucked

  • "most of America agreed that we had to act."

    no, most didn't want them to act.

    "we're a democracy"

    no, we're a constitutional republic.

    "500 million lose their jobs every month."

    oh, gov goons, so scary.

  • 500 million americans haha

  • @jenn1ifer Wow more than the american population lose their jobs? o_o

  • You know which economists, which people, go into government? Those that can't make it in the private class, basically, those that are the bottom of the class - maybe not in grades, but in talent.

    So we have the class retards making the public policy and directing it

    It's not a matter of what economists or how many say what, it is a matter of those predicting crashes being heard

    And who always makes accurate predictions because their school is the only scientifically sound? The Austrian school

  • Have you head Thomas Sowell talk about that issue. Just how that people who often talk the most about what's best for others (especially intellectuals) are the kind of people who have never had to put their ideas or talent to the test. Look at Obama. He didn't do ANYTHING for years in that regard. People like Sowell worked as economists in the private sector.

  • CRISIS!!!!! ....lol

  • most of the problems started when obama and people scared people into not spending.

  • LOL!!!! pelosi is a moron

  • Waters is such a liar!

  • For those who have not already done so, I recommend The Conscience of a Libertarian by Wayne Allen Root.

  • Increasing government spending ends up lowering investment rates, which in turn lowers GDP and GDP per capita, which MEANS LOWER LIVING STANDARDS YOU STUPID PROGRESSIVE ASSHOLES.

  • 500 million Americans lose their jobs, eh Nancy? Too bad the population is only a little over 300 million. Stupid socialist cunt.

  • Owned :D

  • the politicians and the banks fucked the people they took money from the poor and gave it to the rich they clame it will make things better but to this day absolutly nothing has changed but only got worse the polititians took the US and sank it like the Titanic and they dont care they have full insurance coverage and a study pay check no matter what they screw up

  • 4:24

    It's the crazy socialist lady who wants to take away your businesses and have the government run them!

  • Spending our way out of debt?

    Only in Wa. DC would logic like that prevail.

    Joe Biden said, "We should never let a good crisis go to waste."

    Wake up! Our "crisis" is the way they get their agenda. gov. capitalizes on our misery

  • That wasnt Biden that was Rahm. But they are looney.

  • John Stossel's reportage is absolutely vital and heroic.

  • i'm very surprised that john stossel hasn't been censored

  • John Stossel needs to be the American Suggestion Box

  • JOHN STOSSEL NEEDS HIS OWN DAILY SHOW.

    No, wait...

    JOHN STOSSEL NEEDS HIS OWN CHANNEL.

  • Poor John. No one talks to him :(.

    All government officials refuse interviews with him.

  • Obama is the most over-rated person since Judas Iscariot won the AD. 31 Best Disciple Contest.

  • ROFL thats to funny.

  • notice how its only the liberals saying that, they love this stuff, it gives them reasons to scare people into believing their propoganda. liberals want everyone to live in fear, they put us in this mess. we'll come out of it 1/20/2013 obama will be out on his ass as well most of all these radical lefties

  • Maxine Waters and Stenny Hoyer are complete morons.

  • The politicians look well fed and dressed, how much of a crisis are they in?

  • get obama out in 2012

  • John- So all this spending, is this gonna work? Mr. Hoyer- I hope so.  lol crisis

  • crisis

    crisss

    myy dicckkisiss-_-

  • One of the few REAL reporters that still exist. The Government is run by intellectuals (i.e. self-annointed leaders and saviors) whose idea of solutions is to throw money at the problems they caused!

  • and he can rock a stash too

    Who wants a mustache ride :{

  • All of these Billions Obama (the chosen one) gave away and now look GM and Chrysler BOTH filed for BANKRUPTCY STILL. WTF where are all the bleeding heart liberals to scold Obama like they would have if Bush would have done this? Double standard much?

  • if reporters were all like stossel we would not be in the mess we are in

  • Penn (of Penn and Teller) got his wee wittle feewings hurt over the title of "Bailouts and Bull"

    We all should feel so sad for him :(

  • When you actually bother to explain your positions and provide evidence and reasoned arguments, then it isn't propaganda.

  • Why are you so caught up in the notion that a president is to blame or to be criticized alone. Stoessel is not blaming Obama. He is blaming Politicians, mostly congress, who pass the legislation that he argues is fundamentally contrary to economic principles. Get out of your partisan box and consider the principles behind the argument.

  • Bush cut taxes, but he didnt control spending. He didnt veto a single bill before 2006! and Obama passed at least 500 bills in less than a year. You really think your messiah is going to save you. Be Warned, a disaster is ahead

  • I was told by a conservative Republican and bank executive that the NEOCON goal was to spend all the money there is on WAR to leave nothing left for the PEOPLE. Since Reagan, that has been true and that is the main reason behind the Iraq and Afghan invasion. BOTH Saddam and Osama were ONE BULLET PROBLEMS that at MANY points in history could have been resolved. The CIA had CLOSE CONTACTS with BOTH. The BUSH Sec. of the Treas., Paul O'Neil estimated the cost of those wars to be ELEVEN TRILLION

  • fox has been saying all this and more about the stimulus package the day it was announced. That is why they are number 1 in ratings. If you solely watch network news, you are contributing to the ignorance liberals are pushing on americans. At least John Stossel is doing his job as a reporter. Cant say the same for the rest of the obama slaves working for the networks.

  • beware fox news, and watch msnbc for liberal media

  • This guy rules! He has the same air of Michael Moore in his approach, only he's actually right.

  • well Micheal Moore is a false leader, hes financed by wealthy elites to mislead people

    if the elite did not creates false heroes people would rise to the challenge.

  • Huh? I don't even like Michael Moore that much, but how? Is single-payer healthcare bad? God, look at the joke of the current system vs. other OECD nations.

  • listen to these people and watch these videos forget about the people on TV and the government turn it off remember these videos are constantly taken of of you tube for their truth awakening power so keep looking for them watch "esoteric agenda" by ben stewart first 1. jordan maxwell 2. micheal tsarions origins of evil 3. rex 84 4. end game 5. William cooper 6.dr deagle 7. eric jhon phelps 8. dr phil valentine matrix
  • @FightDPower nice, good call, its refre

  • @FightDPower And he doesn't lie.:)

  • You are a stinky, filthy Peruvian Catholic.

  • I totally agree that the government needs to butt out and let the market correct itself no matter how bad it gets. The capitalist sstem is design to correct itself.

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  • govt can do something, cut taxes and cut spending, thats how we got out of the GD (after WW2) when we cut spending by 2/3 and cut taxes by 1/3

  • I love at 6:30 when the guy says "John..." as if he's crossing the line, he sounds like a wife. XD

  • We are so screwed! I can't believe ABC sponsors a program that really tells it like it is. Keep on'em John!!!

  • Or given to the States to lower taxes for middle and low income family?

    There are 50 states, and I am sure there are 100,000 cities in US. And taxes were lowered then the spending would soar sky high.

  • as the banks nationalize the stock goes to zero, anyone see a trend here????

  • 4:30 absolutely lol wtf the people are so diluted

  • Vote and show Time that Ron Paul has influenced you `100%.

    Time100(.)tk

  • If $40 billion is given to the 300 million American Citizen, each would receive $100,000. That is per person. Would you spend if you were given so much money? So who drives the economy? Who spends the money to save America? Also, watch The Obama Deception.

  • Topazman12: "If $40 billion is given to the 300 million American Citizen, each would receive $100,000. That is per person. Would you spend if you were given so much money? So who drives the economy? Who spends the money to save America? Also, watch The Obama Deception."

    I believe you may have misplaced a decimal point. It would actually be $133.33 per person. BTW The Obama Deception is a very captivating piece of work. Absolutely terrifying if true. But I'm skeptic of Alex Jones.

  • LOL. You are right. I recalculated and decided what if the baliout was given to family unit instead of person?

  • The government will spend a dollar so that it generates a dollar or more ... for some well-connected and nicely greased individuals.

  • There are certainly nasty private companies. Fortunately, I am not forced to do business with them. Not so with the government, they are ready and willing to send a SWAT team. Ron Paul is not a joke at all. Even if he is wrong about evolution or global warming (I don't think he is) neither of those issues are in any way related to the erosion of our Constitution and the bankrupting of our nation.

  • What's wrong with him denying evolution? Can you prove it? And global warming? Are you serious? You need to get your "facts" straight, because it sounds like you have no idea what you're talking about.

  • Yeah, it's pretty much scientific fact.

  • They are not "scientific fact." First these scientists say "OMG GLOBAL WARMING!!111!" Now, the opposite is true, the earth is actually cooling, so now these scientist come out and say "OMG CLIMATE CHANGE!!!111!" Seriously, make up your minds, you cant have it both ways. Global warming is one of the biggest shams made up as "scientific facts."

  • First off, google "scientists denying global warming" and see for yourself how 31000 qualified scientists themselves have signed a petition relaying that "global warming" and temperature changes are in no way the cause of human irresponsibility.Then google "sunspots" to get an education on how climate changes due to atmospheric density levels and how the heat of the sun permeates these spots to excessively heat our environment.

    Stop believing what politicians like Al Gore say.Believe FACTS.

  • THANK YOU!!!! Finally some one else with a brain of their own!!

  • Yeah-and not only that, but the media doesn't try to butcher him for it. I couldn't believe it either :).

  • John Stossel's reports are littered with misinformation and shoddy journalism. Every report he has done has been studied and found to contain lies deceptive editing and sometimes fabrication of scientific evidence. Hes even been forced to publicly apologize for his misleading tactics on air. Stossel is an American libertarian which in the U.S. sense of the term means handing over power to completely unaccountable private tyrannies. Citizens would lose all meaningful power over the country.

  • The error that prompted the apology was mostly due to the miscommunication between ABC producers and the scientists who tested organic produce. I believe they were mistakenly asked to look for carcinogens instead of Bacterias (more on Stossel's first book).

    The scientists generally agree with the gist of that reporting, that the benefits of organic produce vs. non organic produce is overrated. No additional health benefits, not all that cleaner since they use manure as fertilizers.

  • this wasn't the change people voted for!

    talk about buyers remorse...

  • Everyone must watch The Obama Deception.

    Learn more about the endgame. Watch ENDGAME.

    All on YouTube.

  • True!!

  • watch obama deception on youtube for free

  • JOHN STOSSEL FTW!!!!!!!!

  • J6P (With trembling voice): "Print more money?"

    Obama (confidently and boldly): "Yes we

    CAN!!!"

    J6P: "Oh yay, thank you my lord"

  • thank you for putting this up.

    finally, people see the truth about this bailout plan.

    thanks congress for passing this. what's happened to the american government?

  • (John Stossel) "....so is all this spening going to work?"

    (Interviewed) "I hope".

    What kind of answer is that??? These people in Washington want you and I to depend on them for EVERYTHING. Don't be fooled people. The government does not care for you.

  • I thnk the news media trys to scare everyone into believing that we need this "stupidis" package.

    That's the government for you.

    ~Derek

  • Every single government employee needs to see this video.

  • lol at the megaphone

  • John Stossel is a true American hero

  • Thank you for posting this

  • YOU HOPE SO? God damn idiots.

  • Another typical response when you cannot defend your point of view is to start calling names. Are all libs foul mouthed?

  • I don't mean to sound like a liberaterian, but we need smaller government.

    The politicians claim to aid families & middleclass employees, make decisions FOR US, and expect us to sit back, have faith & pay for it.

    The government and the public speak two separate languages yet they call it a democracy?

  • Every economic book I've ever read all have one thing in common.

    Since people make up communities which make up counties which make up states which make up the nation, then what is good for the individual is good for nation. Meaning you must live within your means and so must the nation. Individuals must not get too far in debt and neither should the nation.

  • The bubble was caused by too much debt.

    No doubt about it.

    So the answer is more debt?

    lololololol

  • We are in an economic crisis.

  • 500 million Amerians? Holy shit!! What happened in the past 10 years?^^

  • Lol there aren't even 500 million people in the Usa, a good example of a well educated politician.

  • ok realistic example, lets say you are a married couple and have $100,000 in debt, would you go on and spend another $100,000 to get yourself out of the debt you are in? NO, you would look to credit counselors, debt consultants and other things. Why then is our government adding trillions more to our $14 trillion of debt? We need to produce a way out of this, not buy it or print billions of dollars for this it simply does not work, doesn't take a genius to figure that out

  • As long as people continue to support Democrats and Republicans, nothing is ever going to change. There is not a single difference between the 2 parties, they both want to spend enormous amounts of money that our country doesn't have. Keep the government out of the free market economy and it will correct and take care of itself. This spending bill is just business as usual and an enormous waste of money. YOU CAN NOT PAY OFF DEBT BY SPENDING MORE MONEY!!

  • At least there is one investigative reporter left in the incompetent liberal media of today and that's John Stossel.

  • Scary how stupid these politicians are. Scary. This country is dead!

  • Jon Stossell rules.

  • The Bush administration put into action more regulation of financial markets and banks than any administration since Nixon's, which had the most since FDR. Anyone who thinks Bush was even remotely laissez faire is going entirely by Republican stereotypes, not actual facts.

  • 3:43 this guy has no clue what he is talking about, for evey $1 we send to fix are roads it put $1.35 back into the systum and it also fixes the the roads. really its sad they this group of people dont understand that own line of work.

  • The multiplier is above a buck, huh?

    Prove it.

    Tell me why the CBO has found that the stimulus will be a net-negative due to the crowding out effect.

    And tell me why we don't take advantage of this magical multiplier all the time. Does this mean we should never stop passing stimulus bills?

  • you mean that BS the GOP said about the bill. sorry but in the end of the day if we dont spend the money now to fix what should have been fixed in the 80's it will cost us a lot more. the funny thing is what puts the most money back into the systum is food stamps at $1.55+ for every $1. the simple fact is it was need and its law and there is nothing you can do about it.

  • No, I mean the independent CBO report. Look it up, and get your facts straight.

  • thats the same one the GOP keep putting out there, it was not a full report or anything like, it was really just made up by the GOP and debunked.

  • You are saying that the GOP fabricated a report, fed it to the CBO, and that this report was debunked? Who by, again?

  • the GOP made up that there was a report, there was no report, and it was debunked by cnn, msnbc and almost every one but fox

  • Mhook, what are you talking about? There is no CBO report? Which CBO report are you referring to that does not exist or was made up by the GOP? CBO publishes many reports. Please be specific.

    What is your source that shows the stimulus will put $1.35 back for ever $1.00 spent on roads and $1.55 for every $1.00 on food stamps? Where do you get your data?

  • He doesn't even seem to understand the difference between the stumulus package and the bailout. They are two separate systems. I especially love when he assembles economists who oppose the stimulus package, and then asks for a a show of hands who opposes the stimulus package. Sadly, he should put down his megaphone and let the economists talk more.

  • Haha! I have a 100 000 Deutsch Mark of post WWII. Some jack ass brought it home in Canada, thinking that one day it could have some value... but still today, it only historically valuable...

    perhaps so will be the US dollar ;)

  • Seriously: I had a hard time figuring out whether this was a parody or not.

  • "I hope so" doesn't fucking cut it Stenny!

  • Inaction? Who was at the forefront of pushing Fannie and Freddie? Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Harry Reid, Charles Rangel and oh yeah the Messiah himself, Obama. The Republicans were calling for investigations and no one listened. Wonder why? We need a true conservative to not spend money we don't have. Not print and spend...

  • A majority of Republicans voted FOR those regulations. Look it up in the Congressional Record. People, really, as long as we blame one party or the other for the Central Planning, we fall for the scam. BOTH parties are big spending, big Government central planners when you look at what they DO (not at what they say) the only conservative man that votes the way he talks (Dr. NO) Ron Paul, the Republicans kicked him.

  • All you idiots that think this government is acting in haste and unnecessarily have conveniently forgotten what eight years of total INaction by a Republican administration has gotten us into. Laissez Faire doesn't work when someone is drowning. PULEEEEZ try to reighn in your ideological knee jerks, jerks, and admit Obama's on the case.

  • "Laissez Faire doesn't work when someone is drowning."

    You call the BUSH administration "laissez faire?" Do you even know what those words mean?

  • Facts: we got more regulations under bush. Laissez Faire means leave them be. More regulations is NOT Laissez Faire. The Federal Government regulates EVERYTHING at micro management levels. Central Planning is the enemy, and BOTH Parties believe the Government can plan everyones lives better than they can do it themselves. (hint, Central Planners regulation caused the mortgage meltdown)

  • Central Planners regulation caused the mortgage meltdown. They have to use the Constitution as toilet paper to do it. Where does it say the Federal Govt. gets to regulate toilets, or handicapped entrances? These are powers PROHIBITED the Federal GOvt. Only States can do that crap. Central Planners will force a farm kid in Iowa to learn the exact same things a city kid from New York. They have taken over everything.

  • Brilliant piece... too bad the dumb fuck President is too stupid to wake up. His Socialist policies are designed to ruin this country!

  • I love John Stossel, especially when he plays an opposing viewpoint that he clearly doesn't agree with and acts so over the top.

  • He perfected Devil's Advocate.

  • Terrorism. Global warming. Economy. Scare, scare, scare, scare. The politicians say, just give us all the money and don't ask questions. We can't even wait for the lesser one-celled congressmen to read the bills. The leaders of the leader say, just sign on the line. Did some Messiah say all bills will be on the internet for five days before they are voted on? Well forget that. Can't wait even for a weekend. Unless the bill is already passed. Then the Messiah can wait to sign it.

  • The arsonist is in charge of the firehouse.

    God help us.

    Thank you Jon for "sticking your neck out:" and telling it like it is.

  • "I hope so."

    Mm hmm. Grrrr.

  • nancy pelosi is a dumb ass.

  • They all are! Seriously! I am not joking! Either they know they are ripping us off and screwing humanity or they are just brainwashed by the system! Either way I don't want either party continually ruining my country!

  • Last week, Obama brazenly gave a speech about earmark reform just after he quietly signed a $410 billion spending bill that had about 9,000 earmarks in it. He denounced Bush's habit of disregarding pieces of laws he didn't like, so-called signing statements, then issued one himself.

    In an absolute jaw-dropper, Obama told business leaders, "I don't like the idea of spending more government money, nor am I interested in expanding government's role."  Say WHAT?

  • The Congress is a corrupt sewer.

    A new generation of morons will get a taste of massive inflation and sky high interest rates because of the geniuses in the White House and Congress.

    The citizens of the US get what they deserve...crap, corrupt government.

  • You get what you vote for, that's for sure. You should have voted for Ron Paul. Peter Schiff would be in charge of the treasury, and the FED would be disolved by now.

  • I've seen several videos with John Stossel & he makes it very clear that in the story Jesus told he's not THE GOOD SAMARITAN.

    John Stossel screams out:

    "I'm the Levite! I'm the Levite who turned his head & walked on by!"

    John Stossel would not give even $1 to a man on the street! I'm not making this up!

  • So what?

  • All the politicians once again are repeating fear-based talking points like robots from hell. They either don't know didley squat about economics or they know exactly what they are doing.....either way these DEMONublicans are dangerous and we need to claim our states' sovereignty.

  • Americans will rue the day they voted for this socialist and his socialist minions.

    if they dont already!

  • Americans already rue the day they voted for Socialist Bush and his socialist minions. Nationalized AIG, airline security, new entitlements, prescription drug bennefit, biggest growth and spending and debt ever in history. (has Obama outspent bush yet?) You people had your chance to vote for Ron Paul. You blew it.

  • Socialist Bush? You are an idiot!

  • Well, what do you call it? It IS Socialism when you push for and sign a "prescription drug benefit" - It IS socialism when the Government BUYS insurance companies. When you confiscate property "for the state" without just compensation, when you grow and expand Government power into every tiny detail of everyones lives, No child left behind, FDA, more central planning than ever before etc... My point, is that both parties are equally socialist.

  • You are an idiot if you don't realize he tripled the size of the federal government. Socialism is taking money by force to achieve political or social goals, Bush did that a lot.

  • Now you are changing the subject. Typical response when you can't back up your own argument.

  • Our country has been going down the socialist road for many years but to say republicans and democrats are equally socialist is absurd. Democrats are the party of special interests and socialist giveaway programs. The republican party is the party of self reliance and self responsibility and in past years cut welfare programs. Democrats promote welfare and government dependency. I voted for Ron Paul and would again but I won't make up statistics to make Ron Paul look better than he is.

  • You are only half right. The welfare reform bill WAS part of newt's contract with America, but without Democrats voting for it and BILL CLINTON signing it, it would not have passed. FACT: no Republican President has EVER signed any bill reducing ANY social program, or ANY spending whatsoever for that matter. You can't find one bill, one republican president has signed, that actually reduced the amount being spent (reducing the "planned" increase doesn't count) on ANYTHING. just the facts.