Grayson on Crazy Military Spending In The U.S. - The Point

Former Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson shares his thoughts on how much the United States spends on 'defense' and what we could be spending that money on instead. Cenk Uygur (host, The Young Turks), Brian Unger (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and How The States Got Their Shapes), Shira Lazar (host, What's Trending) and Ben Mankiewicz (host, Turner Classic Movies) discuss on The Point.

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• alan grayson
• defense spending
• military spending
• united states defense
• us defense spending
• us military
• cost of war
• us cost of war
• cenk uygur
• brian unger
• shira lazar
• ben mankiewicz
• young turks

[NikEgUy101]

This is definitely one of the better new channels of TYT.

[MarsManatee]

Ben Mankiewicz's point about Keystone XL spending vs other infrastructure spending was brilliant.

[doctender77]

Grayson makes such a good point... But I disagree. Our entire economy is based on destruction and resource extraction. There is nothing that does more of both than war. We don't need to just stop so much military spending. We need a whole new economic model.

[maipai101]

@JohnSmith88823 AdBlock for Firefox!

[BrooklynJEW7]

Sorry Mr. Grayson..that is too smart of an idea to ever get passed into legislature. Anything brilliant does not ever happen in reality. Sad but true.

[UlrichRuler13]

@TheRealJLP

I love this comment.

[Lobos222]

@NikEgUy101

Agree, but they need a "devils advocate" in some of the debates.

A circle jerk isnt really a debate.

[underdescribed]

This show is awesome, but only because the writing is good. If the writing goes to crap, the show will go to pure crap.

[JohnSmith88823]

anyone sick of the stupid beatboxing ad?

[spoolgenobsquarenuts]

Create 5 million jobs doing what? Filling pot holes? How long has the highways in your state been under "construction?"  The Defense Department's $680 billion budget pays for over 6.1 million employees, military and civilian along with defense contractors. Let's put 6.1 million highly educated ppl out of work to give 5 million jobs doing what? Maybe we can build another creationist museum like the one in Kentucky. My tax dollars indirectly paid for that.

[TheRealJLP]

Peace sells, but who's buying? Megadeth getting it right.

[Sahluful]

Brians' point about two wars being fought at once was brilliant.

I'm actually still recovering from how quickly that we left Iraq. It still feels like we're in it, and we are, but as mercenaries and defense contractors.