Congressman Grayson Calls To Stop Funding For Wars In Afghanistan & Iraq!

[rmccay88]

There is a reason why Iran has a 17 percent higher approval rating in Germany over the U.S., people are sick of us being over there and occupying countries just as we would object to it here.

[clintton888888]

enough is enough . the world got enough of those war from the power idiot

[frankgillette]

This actually sounds sane!

[alby711]

I hate this guy but he has a good idea... let's see some compromise Washington DC!

[Relugus]

If the teabaggers were serious about opposing big government they would support this. It really beggars belief how much money the "Spentagon" pisses away. The US defense budget has little to do with defense, its corporate welfare.

[energyparticle]

co-sponsors

Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]

Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-5

Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]

Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]

Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]

Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14]

Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]

[FightForOurFreedom]

A step in the right direction.

RON PAUL 2012

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[swingingdaddy]

It doesn't matter if they cut the funding. Congress will just find something else to spend it on. They won't give it back to the people.

This guy only hurts our troops. Thanks for demoralizing, like so many of your colleagues have done. You would have been a perfect Congressman during Vietnam.

Also, does he even question why Europe doesn't spend that much on defense? That's right, because during the Cold War, the US maintained the shield for freedom. Other countries did not.

[megamarsvin]

That's all fine and good but what does that have to do with the wars? The president has already announced wanting to get out of Iraq (thank god) and in Afghanistan we're just propping up the next corrupt drug-dealing regime at the cost of American, European and Afghan lives with no tangible benefit to anyone, except Karzai and his cronies. How is that not demoralizing? What's the condition for victory anyway? The end of all terrorism?

Why waste money and lives with nothing to gain?

[halcyon0830]

ALL

TALK

AND ACTING

NO

ACTION

[bigboss025]

When you have people that support "defense" with the capability to destroyed the whole world a few hundreds times...you might want to self-introspected for being "over-sensitive" to threat... or maybe just blindly paranoid.

[Tressco]

Feel ya 'bout Grayson!

A lil' more lighter gray than Liebermann, less than Kaptur, Woolsey, a bit brighter than Kucinich (thx to the "C'mon!" in financial hearings!), yet still no match to my secret most favored dictator (since representative of the "GOLDEN RULE"), Dr. Ron Paul!

[Toxxic88]

grayson ftw

[melly6970]

Cut 1/2 congresses salary, sounds like a good savings. Nothing but a bunch of wasted spending on them anyways, they don't even read the shit they pass.

[Sharpie600rr]

@melly6970 That and kick out those who have served more than 3 terms. No more lifelong politicians! Allow them to do their civic duty and return home. As the founding fathers wanted!

[melly6970]

@Sharpie600rr I agree, term limits should be in place.

[alby711]

Don't forget term limits

[playerschoice3]

We will be in Iraq and Afghanastan forever. Deal with it. We have been in Japan and Germany for over 50 years. We are the world's police

[takenuse1]

You can do it !!!

[nela04]

these 2 wars have made us a 3 world country

[saintsnbraves2]

What an asshole.

[xetlive]

Nice presentation

[sonofaglitch2]

I'd prefer a much harsher slash to the war spending, buy Grayson's resolution is a damn good start.

[DailyDeity]

Bush Senior, Bush, and Obama are the only 3 that disliked this video.

[alejandromodel]

Alan Grayson for President like a fucknig BOSS!!

[alejandromodel]

Alan Grayson for President like a fucking BOSS!

[nela04]

@alejandromodel im a baussssssssss :D

[AmazinMaz1]

This guy and Ron Paul...are my heroes...!

[B4TT3RY]

Alan Grayson: KEEP MAKING ORLANDO PROUD!!

[repsmart]

....or we could have not passed that healthcare bill to reduce the debt.

[watev4]

@repsmart even though the bill will save money?

[pete804]

The only thing the effing government should do is protect the people nothing else

so yeah lets disarm america and let the terrorist take over the middle east and soon maybe they'll wage a real war

[AmazinMaz1]

@pete804 The U.S placed the dictators in the Middle East.

[watev4]

@pete804 we're not disarming America, we're just not arming America further

[a7green]

....... Another good idea would be for ppl to NOT pay TAXES, Because that too helps fund the wars.

[xzxoxlx]

This guy is fucking boss.

[Maziyar]

Iraq. YES lets get out. Afghanistan? no can do buddy. the more security we have in that area the harder it is for them to form plans of attack. we should have started with afghanistan and stuck with it...

[hahntsak]

amen grayson

[ps2cho]

THIS ACT NEEDS TO PASS HANDS DOWN!!!

[gtsgtsgt]

oh why didn't he tell that to Bush when he started the war 9 years ago. lol

[Fitzcard]

@gtsgtsgt He wasn't in office then maybe? Actual it was congress that gave bush permission to go to war. Then after it happened Pelosi and others said at first, We didn't think he would actually do it, followed by we have had decades of bad intel from our intelligency agencies and aren't responsible for ordering the invasion

[MrStupidfag]

@gtsgtsgt I don't think he was in congress at that time you fuck

[timmni]

I like alan :)

[JixMa]

"Congressman Grayson Calls To Stop Funding For Wars In Afghanistan & Iraq!"

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HEAR, HEAR on that! I'm all for that!

[JixMa]

What an awesome and oh-so-practical speech! Hail Alan Grayson! One of my new heroes!

[elfil76]

Alan makes sense!

[dude12nothin]

war is making you poor act....nice. you get them sir!

[soundmoneyfan]

Go Grayson!!! Keep fighting to end these wars!!!!!

[hypnofan35]

The real problem is that some people are going to get rich off the death of other people through government and big money collusions. Stupid backstabbing violence has a place in society. Every now and again it get mixed up with too much money to be stolen, and it come out as war. We all know this is just a set up to invade Iran with overwhelming force.

[iamdansin]

Awesome Awesome speech. Grayson is a badass. What a model politician.

BTW title is a misnomer. He doesn't want to stop funding. He wants to eliminate extraneous funding..

[gwellyn2]

well said

[UkTruthSeeker2009]

@gwellyn2 Ill second that at last someone who as their head screwed on the rilght way.

[cballowe]

Can we have the bill to cut supplemental funding for the military without the clauses for tax breaks? Once the deficit is down to 0, tax breaks can go back on the table.

[manilaenglish]

Grayson for president!

[MyRiseToHonor]

This man is the political reincarnation of Senator Paul Wellstone (RIP)! Keep kicking ass Congressman Grayson. The side of the fence one stands on should matter not. This guy has some brass on him for a rookie!

[wh44]

HeinousOne101: a) It is not putting 35,000 dollars in your pocket, merely making your first 35,000 tax free, if you earn that much. b) so, you're not going to comment on the merits, just on what you *think* the motivation is. Well, I don't care about the motivation, I care about what the bill will do.

[lennyneroau]

great idea, but it would require a real change of mentality from a president, and not a puppet like obama. stupid america wasting so much in the deserts of the middle east FOR NOTHING. all this nonsense about protecting america, total rubbish. You protect the country with domestic homeland security, not wars against peasants.

[MrSpieldose]

the AIPAC American-Israelis are going to do their best to run him out of there...

[rsnboy08]

And no one applauded? wtf? I love this guy! Finally something other than how much everyone loves Israel.

[adrya1983]

That's the best idea I've ever heard!

[towerdawg1976]

WWIII is breaking out over there, lets pull out and let them kill eachother. Secure our borders an deal with imigration.

[BabybooR33]

too little too late .... only god & his 'forces' can stop these wars NOW ...

[continuityofliberty]

I'd go along with this.

Nice to see someone address the needs of us po' folk in a way that gives without taking.

[GLUGER]

wow!! nice!!

[TheElefaunt]

Grayson my main man

great idea

hey i support grayson

and rand paul,

main stream media doesn't understand we

are not defined by our party,but

if it is more government or less government,

i want people with good intentions fighting each other,

instead of people for more or less government out for bad intentions

fighting with each other.

[slobknoblin]

Sounds like a good idea. I'd like to see this debated. Stopping the funding for the wars is the only thing that will stop them. It sure as hell won't be any president, unless it's R. Paul.

[marniespeaks]

wall street is making too much money on this war - and the majority of the American People don't give a shit

[Xtophre]

I find it funny people are saying he is two faced because he isn't supporting the wars(yes plural). His bill has nothing to do with supporting the war. His bill states we are simply spending to much. It forces the government to spend wisely using the budget they're given. Its odd that the self proclaimed fiscal conservatives would hate this when its... fiscally conservative to use a budget and not keep cashing checks for money you don't have.

[mrscot]

Were we not warned about the "Military Industrial Complex" and an unaccountable quasi-public/private sector of hoods and thieves? It is a cancer ridden, power hungry, leach on our lives and economy. We the people are done being the sugar daddy for the spoiled, psychopathic, and grievously savage child race that they are. Were a sucker for letting it happen. WAKE UP and Shut down the abomination that is this war. Leave the stage of empire building and leave the brown people alone.

[valhala56]

We need more like him. What do we have in Congress, paid off Corporate tit suckers.

[eciii316]

I love and hate this man.

[TirianCreed]

@eciii316 Agreed.

[PigMine]

Excellent!

[Garlannd]

Grayson is two faced. He is only acting like this because he wants to keep his seat! Don't be fooled, Less than a year ago he was supporting the wars and mocking the tea party! Calling anyone in it a racist! DO NOT TRUST GRAYSON

[Temple420org]

Good proposal!!!!! Especially for a (D).

[FuckedUpWebcamShows]

How about an end to the war on drug too!

[Temple420org]

@FuckedUpWebcamShows I'll second that too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[faceclutch]

Sorry Greyson... The American Military Complex will never allow it!...

America is NOT a democratic Constitutional Republic... it is a fascist corporatist War-mongering rouge nation!

The fat lazy brain-dead Bible-Thumping Armageddon-Loving average American is too terrified of the skinny legged shabby AK-47 carrying cave dwellers... the "enemy" couldn't even carry out 911 w/o the Neo-con Zionist help..

[faceclutch]

@faceclutch ............... CONTINUED ..........

This Bill will go nowhere... Yankistan is going to spend itself into Bankruptcy chasing a Bin-a-Ghost-Laden... LOL... Now that's Poetic Justice... America is a broke third world cesspool... Payback for all the INNOCENT Iraqi blood..

:)

[CosmosPrivateer]

We must be the absolute dumbest people on this planet.

[thatcrazypiranhaguy]

thank you Grayson. Stop the wars!!

[Garlannd]

@thatcrazypiranhaguy

Grayson is fooling you look at his voting record, look at the mox archives. He mocks tea party and he supports the war. he just wants to keep his seat.

[HeinousOne101]

@Garlannd You ad hom Grayson but what about the idea? What do you think of it?  Are you saying you support all the war expenditure?

[Garlannd]

@HeinousOne101

I think his idea is an attempt to gain votes so he can keep his seat. Who doesn't like the sound of money in their pockets especially lots of money? I myself would like 35,000 dollars. Lets face it though this is a ploy tactic to gain support. he doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself and keeping his seat of power so he can continue to abuse it.

That is why I want him out.

[HeinousOne101]

@Garlannd So, you are saying you want the wars to continue as they are or even to make them more expensive? Since that was the question I put to you and you would not answer it I must assume you insulted the man twice because you do NOT like what he is saying.

Perhaps he is doing it for his own reasons but its imperative we get out of those wars and that is much more important then his reasons for doing this. Get some perspective.

[PersianPaladin]

That's good.

Now how about stopping funding for the military/private contractor interventions in Yemen, Somalia, Colombia, Nicaragua, etc.

[ThaGenius101]

The 'war profiteers' want to keep this phony "war on terror" going as long as possible. They have made BILLIONS and the expense of our troops and tax money.

The 'war profiteers' who has profited to the most from the "war on terror" are Halliburton, Veritas Capital Fund, Washington Group International, Environmental Chemical, and Aegis.

[dodododa]

I hate this guy, but I love this bill.

[ThunderDog97]

I wonder if Americans could use some of the 3 Billion tax dollars they donate to israel every year. Close to 10 million dollars per day, every day.

Couldn't this money be used for the people in America right now?

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[zomgnickyg]

Grayson for President!

[hobo59]

WTF is it with Florida, first it's hanging chad and now it's this retard Grayson. Can't you fucktards by a vowel and get a clue ?

[hanksnivelyreturns]

@hobo59 You should have bought a U to put between the B and the Y....

[flimflamman]

Bully for Grayson.

[yourmomdidsayyourean]

if America wants her children to come home then America needs to just stop paying taxes until they bring our kids home....Just stop paying taxes until out kids come home. Simple.

[MoCityDon1508]

WHAT THE FUCK THIS IS FUCKING STUPIDDD STOP FUNDING THE DRUG WAR!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING MORONS we are at war with afghan for a reason no reason for the drug war

[saumacus]

GRAYSON FOR PRESIDENT!

[afromosaic]

@saumacus A progressive democrat not scared of republicans/ conservatives or tea baggers for president. Imagine that?

[Winterfairy777]

stop funding is turning your back on our troops! if you want to stop payingget the troops home first! Cutting money on our military weakens our military...that is what Clinton did! Nope Grayson not like this! Get our troops home first then you can talk about what needs to get payed and not.

[bubba007ss]

@Winterfairy777 This guy seems to stick his foot in his mouth much like Biden does" Oh we can't forget the one, He does to

I betcha his kids help him put his charts together

[HeinousOne101]

@Winterfairy777 The only way you can make a Warhawk Presidency pull out of a war that it has already ramped up even further is to cut funding.

[mispistoleros]

another thing congress could do with the savings is to return all AIPAC $ electoral contributions which only serve to suborn the u.s. congress

[bobster451]

Let's get out of both wars!

I am with Grayson!

[whoo689]

atta boy, Grayson! Defund the war once and for all and force the president's hand! We don't have to be at hte whim of the president. Congress, as the people's representatives, has a role to play in getting us out as well! If Obama's gonna pussyfoot and claim "I wanna get us out of Iraq" but take forever and escalate Afghanistan, we have to take matters into OUR OWN hands. If Obama cares about the troops after we've defunded the war, he'll bring em home. It's desperate, but it's the only way

[whoo689]

@whoo689 why the hell can't we use some of that $549 Billion to fund Iraq and Afghanistan? That's insane! The president is saying he needs an ADDITIONAL 100 billion because spending more than all other nations combined somehow is "not enough" to fund our own 2 wars in the Middle East, which really aren't even wars but more like police actions?

[whoo689]

@whoo689 How can the warmongers justify all this defense spending w/ a conscience?? Are they living in some kind of other world where China and the Middle East and Russia actually spend hundreds of billions on their own defense respectively?? Do they NOT know that we spend more than every other nation combined?

It's just amazing what we put up with. I say at least cut our ridiculous defense spending IN HALF and use that to reduce the deficit. It's a start.

[lilsorms202]

But those defense contractors need to make money too!

[HaterChristian]

Ok, Pelosi you gonna be too scared to bring this to the floor too?

[ryno99]

Well if they stop funding then the CIA will just sell more Heroin. Throw all these ass clowns out except Grayson, Paul and maybe Ted Poe. They are all traitors.

[ChesterMolested]

If were going to take on the whole world it is necessary.

[boots920]

You don't need to end wars that were illegal in the first place.

Its all Propaganda

George Bush is still a free man right , he's a War Criminal what's the government doing about it ?

[nawcom]

sadly the rest of congress will lol at this. fucking sucks. we need grayson clones.

[slumlord2007]

@nawcom

50% of the time, he has good ideas (which are obviously ignored). 50% of the time, he is utterly insane.

[Winterfairy777]

@slumlord2007 that i agree on

[wastelandsoldier1]

Graysons clearly the best democrat out there.

[boots920]

@wastelandsoldier1

The US government is 100% ass clowns

You end this bull shit you don't white wash the bull shit.

[iTellYouNoLie]

two things I agree with Greyson on, foreign policy, and auditing the fed, other than that...

:(

[GatorHighlights3]

Grayson is the man. Too bad this will fall on deaf ears.

[Winterfairy777]

@GatorHighlights3 i hope you are right