Kucinich: America can no longer afford war-based economy

[SLSmith]

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Russia Today interview. Extension of Unemployment Benefits tied into bill to fund war. Kucinich brilliant as always.

"if you agree to put your son & daughters on firing line, then we WILL PAY YOU to stand on the unemployment line - Grossly IMMORAL".

[niyad]

1. we never could.

as one of my professors pointed out, back when the earth's crust cooled--when you blow up 50 percent of your resources, you get a depression.

[niyad]

2. "guns or butter" has always been posited as the choice--think what the world would look like if the

countries of the world chose the people instead of the war machine.

[madrchsod]

4. for one...we`d probaly inhabit the moon and maybe mars.

[niyad]

5. I was thinking in terms of right here on THIS piece of the universe--just think, we could provide

housing, food, education, health care, all manner of social services, keep up the infrastructure. . who knows what we could accomplish with all that loot NOT going to the destruction of life in all forms. . .

[madrchsod]

3. we are still paying for the damage the vietnam war created.

now we have wars that has been going on since the first gulf war....there is not enough money to pay for the damage they will inflict on our country.

[chill_wind]

6. Afghanistan- $3.6 billion a month. A very, very expensive campaign promise

chosen for keeping. The trade offs in human life and money should make us all weep for what we could do for our poor, hungry, homeless and ill, and those who can't afford a higher education:

http://costofwar.com

[Sarah Ibarruri]

7. Has the U.S. ever had a non-war based economy?

Hard to think of one. However, now that the Repukes have shipped all our jobs abroad, what are Americans going to survive on? What kind of jobs will they have? Where will these jobs come from?

[DisgustedInMN]

8. "War is over,

If you want it."

John Lennon

[Overseas]

9. K&R. Thank you Dennis for telling it like it is !!

It is such a relief to hear the truth. Wish we could all act on it.

[12string]

10. war

Thanks Congressman.

[silenttigersong]

11. Dennis Kucinich

Deserves the Nobel as opposed to Pres.Obama.

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. kick and recommend

[izquierdista]

13. What station was that???

A better interview than any I saw during the entire 2008 election season. Maybe if they started a 'USA Today' affiliate it would catch on and people would see how feeble and unbalanced typical American news is.

Спасибо большое Денис!

[slipslidingaway]

14. kick nt

[Mari333]

15. knr

[lyonspotter]

16. You shouldn't even have to reclaim this Constitutional responsibility, Dennis!

But thank you for pushing!

[90-percent]

17. the woman

is not ready for network prime time, but she asked some good questions. dennis is schooling us on how much of the constitution we've lost and how much we've been pawned for the sake of the elites. The warmongering greedy sociopaths that run all our trusted institutions.

-90% Jimmy

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[Divine Discontent]

20. yes! quite so. and I'm glad he's helping do all he can to stop the waste of blood & money

[Divine Discontent]

19. amen amen amen amen amen amen amen! the big story in all of this is that we are spending BILLIONS

a week on warfare...

really effing nice.


Democratically controlled House, Senate & White House!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


We are not under large scale attack from any country, and therefore invasion forces are unnecessary. Special Ops are GREAT and should be used, also, as long as our intelligence isn't thwarted, even from WITHIN it!, then we should be able to stop most single acts of terror, thank God.


But wow, thank you Rep. Kucinich, for saying what needed to be said!

:applause: