Imagine a world without all the damage Trump did, or Clinton would have done. Instead we could have actually made progress as a planet. Bernie ain't perfect, but he's the best that we have.
How about this, USA has not won a single war even with Countries even with tiniest of military budgets. Our military has only increased war and are the terrorist that create terrorist. We have the slowest trains in the world a crumbling infrastructure, healthcare and education that causes perpetual debt, stress, bankruptcies and the we have the most homeless. De-fund the evil pentagon.
@@joshlight6892 yes you are right the current America would be over. Meaning the swamp would be drained. 15 a hour minimum wage and single payer healthcare.
@@olorin1710 exactly. Like I said the end of America. Only an idiot believes raising the minimum wage or single payer healthcare are good for anyone. Or that Bernie would drain the swamp. Bernie is the swamp.
@@joshlight6892 hahaha. Are you a real person? Bot Or a son of Kudlow? Fortunately there is no science or lived experience to back up your B.S. Why do you support pentagon waste over a living wage?
Lindsey Graham is talking about the US Military intervening around the world, not protecting our way of life at home. If we could only stop the fraud and the waste, and limit CEO compensation, that will be a great start. Our way of life at home is in crisis. We need to focus on our citizens here at home for awhile.
Take away the revolving door. lobbyists and politicians shluld not recruit from each other. Term limits , no super pacs, no foreign money contributions to campaigns.
@@GaleLD i would not go that far down the socialists hole. They should not be able to actively trade nor manage their portfolios while in office. Blind trust, or take a break from the financial markets until out of office.
Lindsay has no ideals or moral guidance system other than self-preservation, the perpetual pursuit of power, and rewarding his corporate johns. He's a fabulous politician, but a horrific leader and a reprehensible human being.
Lindsey Graham: The world is scary, we only spend more on the military than the next 10 countries. We need to be spending more than the all the counties in the world combined with no oversight because I'm scared. Yeah scared of not getting hoards of money stuffed into his back pocket.
I say it every day and night! My son's school was located next to lock head and Martin. I always say the wars are what is killed by not only others across the world but citizens here too. Food prices sky rocket and fuel always the fuel. And it raises our taxes for so called building a military. New hers . Over inflated pay for wR pig's Bernie is always my guy I hope he runs again
Yup. USA and NATO use 'police actions' abroad to 'harden' the military, who then come home, retire, and frequently join police forces all over the nation, in big cities and small towns. Then the 'hardened' local police turn on the civilian populations of the USA. Although the Constitution forbids the military to be used against citizens in the nation, the VETERAN military is turned loose on the civilian population as police officers across the nation. A significant portion of the division in the nation results from these retired military roughing up the civilian population as police officers. The USA spends more on the military than the next 12 nations in the world because the USA is 'policing' the world more than it ought.
@FKR Not a bot. Obviously, we don't share cultural contexts. I've had some social conversations with ex-Military Police who have explained how USA police have changed as the result of foreign 'police action' training and experience. I think about that every time the police attack demonstrators. We used to have different kinds of police than this.
Let's talk about how much stuff that Lindsey Graham has done to contribute to this uncontrolled situation that we're in. He's done nothing but profit and help out the people who profit on war. I have no nice words for this flip flop
Bernie, if you audited the HOUSE & SENATE first..transparently..we would love this. Then pass term limits on everyone.... Pentagon has secrets we do NOT want greedy unpatriotic Dems or Republicans in the House & Senate selling to others. (Just a thought.)
Auditing the military is long over due. I hope this hearing gets a lot of media coverage so people are aware of the graft and corruption that takes place in the defense contracting process.
The military gained enormously since the false flag event known as 9/11. Our military was actually involved in 9/11 and our government agencies went along with it. That is the most massive criminal conspiracy ever, IMO. It is also major treason. That is why businesses like RU-vid try to silence us regarding 9/11. They don't want congress to be confronted with charges of war crimes and treason. That could get really messy.
Thank you Bernie for quoting Eisenhower to the Republicans of today, whom Eisenhower would soundly condemn if he were alive. Lyndsey Graham, for example, trying to pose as a reasonable human being is just laughable.
How is reducing the pentagon's budget by just 10% unreasonable. It saddens me a bit that this is the discourse. No option of even saying it should be reduced further.
@Walter U. Talmbaut-Willis We can get some control over them by working together and using our various forms of communication. For example regular people figured out where the CIA was torturing people, moving them around, etc by watching for airplanes. It is like the MeToo movement and using phones to video [and share] police abuse. All of it together can eventually catch and expose them for being evil.
Go Bernie Go! Even President Eisenhower who was a five star General warned us in his outgoing speech of the dangers of the Miltary Industrial Complex! Go figure!
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@@AbsTrakT7890 No he didn't. Are you serious?! Ah yes, here's a quote: "I’m going to make our military so big, so powerful, so strong, that nobody - absolutely nobody - is gonna to mess with us." Trump NEVER questioned the military/pentagon budget, and he absolutely did not refer to the military industrial complex in any kind of critical context.
@@GotShot22 "there's a lot of people that don't want me here..ya know you don't sell a lot of bombs when youre not dropping bombs on people, it's called the military industrial complex" ..
@@GotShot22 also he mentioned it many times when he said the military industrial complex was trying to pressure him into war with iran, to which he said he didn't want war with iran. My guy you literally don't pay attention.
The thing about defense spending is, the weapons and equipment it buys doesn't stay new. It degrades in storage and becomes obsolete. If we don't use it, it's wasted. Defense spending is a waste OR an act of war.
there is truth in that. there are about a million and one factors and things to be considered, analyzed and discussed about this all. And the KEY is to have good faith and *unbought actors in every direction. Sadly and scarily there are maybe 5. And no one I know of in Washington anywhere near Bernie Sanders when it comes to integrity, passion and incorruptaibily
You are wonderful Bernie. So grateful for your amazing, totally outstanding work!!! You ate a very special, down right, one of the best of mens! I thank God for you; immensely! THANK YOU DEAR BERNIE! YOU'RE AMAZING!
41:26 Here's what he actually said: "If congress passes omnibus packages filled with things the american people want and that will actually benefit their lives they won't want to give US any money for "defense" because their lives would actually be improved. Then we can't fear monger about war lurking around every corner and further justify the lie that the defense budget needs to be so large".
"Were missing 2 trillion dollars from pentagon" N then a missile blew up the accounting part of the pentagon. Or supposedly a stolen plane did a 270 degree spiral turn and miss the power lines but low enough to hit the building then also not leave any wreckage and a small hole
The largest number of deaths by group was the 34 civilian accountants who were put in a virtually empty Wedge 1(newly blast hardened) at the Pentagon. A remotely piloted 757(Flight77) could have executed the complex 270 diving turn(far above Hanjour's skill set). The plane flew extremely low(in the ground effect zone: extremely difficult) but low enough so that no other flaming debris would hit wedges 3,4or5(each with some 3,000to5,000 personal, each unrenovated wedge suspectable to massive fire damage, as only Wedge 1 was newly remodeled, blast hardened, and had full fire suppression(death counts would have been massive had the plane not lined up on wedge 1, crashing a massive 757 UNDERNEATH the second floor of wedge 1 and ending in wedge2(also largely evacuated for renovation)). The remodeling schedule for the Pentagon was fully available to the public and any "terrorists" planning attacks in 2001! So they either went to great lengths to minimize deaths, flying way above skill levels or this was a FALSE FLAG attack, as the Pentagon was looking at approx 30 some years to finish the 5 wedge renovation based on prior pre-911 funding/scheduling. One of the most camera equipped building in North America seemed not to have footage of flight 77 approach(agents quickly collected other building footage, not to be shown), AND rather then wait for NTSB inspectors to investigate crash debris, Pentagon official politely picked up debris themselves AND THEN September 19th 2001, one week after the crash letters containing anthrax, along with crazy "we are the terrorist" type messages are sent to national media and politicians; this anthrax was later tracked by our own FBI back to Fort Detrick bioweapons lab, causing a major national 911 crash investigation distraction, but Bush administration officials were pressuring justice department to blame Osama bin laden for the anthrax attack. Chapman University large studies of American fears 2015/16 show the majority of Americans (%54+) list belief that the Pentagon was not telling the truth about Sept 2001 attacks as a top major fear.
This is why people globally still have faith in the USA .... good, clear, straight, forward, snd real truths that people feel is right and needing serious action. Mr. Sanders pls be safe and keep up the good fight ... peace and love grom Canada
In Bernie's intro he could add ...& US military capacity has ascended out of this world, long ago, so further climbing is pointless, certainly not needed like the equally long festering issues at home.
In the U.S., Millionairs are about 1% of the population, in congress, 50%. Nancy Palosi makes more in one day than I make in a year. Health care is taken out of my S.S. check automatically, and I still have to pay for additional insurance, plus co-pay! You say health care is a right, FOR WHO ? You have promised seniors $200.00 more a month, where is it? I will even take it in food stamps, witch is $6.66 a day to eat on! While Nancy is eating $15.00 ice cream after a nice meal !!! At least bring us out of poverty. 💡💰🗽
We have a lot of planes that are grounded. Fixing planes requires taking parts from grounded planes. This was particularly bad when Obama was president, THAT is what he is referring to.
Why? The dollar's worth is downstream from their policies, measured by their ruler. What would you be counting? It's more important to follow the path of money than to come up with a number. The fact is, when all new bailout money goes to banks, insurance companies and wall street, they are immune to the inflation it causes, but the rest of us aren't. By the time we get our hands on it, it's been cycled through ledgers. The value of a dollar is calculated from total American economy divided by total dollars in physical or virtual existence, in real time with a lag, constantly adjusting value after the elite class has spent it once.
@@glovearm Thus, the audits, so that We The People (you know, that thing the government is supposed to work for) can actually see where that money is going and how it is being spent / burned.
Perhaps, a Medicare " for all" would be possible if just even a relatively " small" portion of the overall defense budget(say, about 250 billion or so) were to be diverted, it might really help, same with more funding for social security, I'd mentioned previously, that Jeff Bezos could provide about $50+ billion $$$$$ to help fund Social security, and STILL have $150 billion left!
I’m disgusted at how the people who stand to gain try to make it sound like they are the poor kids at the table who desperately need money. There is way too much waste to find these insider comments to have any real meaning.
@@dccrusin8290 because guess what ? After 4 years , he will go back and get a HUGE pay raise . It’s good you don’t understand corruption , good for you
Lloyd Austin didn’t just work for Raytheon, he was on the Board of the company. The corruption by this and previous administrations is absolutely disappointing.
Why if the Pentagon has not passed audits why has nothing been done all these years? Who is accountable for this neglect? I’m sure many have gotten rich No doubt many executives should be made accountable .
Congress is accountable. If you want to know who to complain to about it contact your congress man or woman and take it up with them. That is the way to get their attention. Skip the email, go in person or make a phone call. Ask tough questions, demand answers and good luck. You are going to need it. Bringing friends is also a useful tactic. Congress notices stuff like that.
Bernie I love you. I so wish there was more of you I sure hope you can influence some of your coworkers to be more like you. Thank you for caring about us. Bless you.
It’s time to spend on the actual defense of our country,not the defense contracting business. I spent years as a painting contractor,when I bid a price,that was the price,if I would have upped the price I would have been out of business in short order.
The day before 9/11 Donald Rumsfeld went on nat’l tv and said there was 2+ trillion dollars unaccounted for in the defense budget yet we still just throw money at it, without doubt, yet the pentagon has not been able to pass an audit in 30yrs, yet we question every other expense, tooth and nail.
When Mr Kane speaks on the general cuts a question I immediately thought was 'Why did the DoD choose to cut military housing in such a great manner, as opposed to making smaller cuts to multiple areas?'. Being former military, my guess would be they did it that way because it's simpler. And that's me being nice.
How much money does Lindsey get from defence contractors in donations and share ownership profits and how many have offered him a job or directorships etc once he leaves office and how many of his supporters and friends are in the MIC?
He is presuming that military spending should keep up with the over-all rate of GDP growth. I think that is a false economic assumption the very basis of which should be vigorously attacked. Why should military spending keep up with greater productivity in other economic areas? It doesn't make any sense at all. House prices go up, buy more bombs. Invent a new video game, buy more bombs. How is our war spending related to our GDP? It's not.
What Outside entity oversees the DOD & Pentagon spending habits, Defense Contractor spending? As the Largest consumer of Military Everything, what kind of financial deals does the US work/Demand for giving its business to a contractor? How much does the DOD spend on CyberWarfare?
Pentagon, CIA, NSA and related spending are the problem, the way we treat other nations makes us less safe, not more safe. Homeland Security and Defense Contractor transparency is needed along with scale downs, planning out their waste. Sanders represents good political leadership. Our hope for a peaceful America. Declaring US actions are not accountable to the world court, saying we do not prosecute our own war crimes is the problem, our world bullying causes other nations to bulk up militarily. Our military provoking Chinese national defense in the South China Sea during this "pandemic" draws questions as to if we started Covid in the first place
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE. SERGEANT Robert Justin alford green where is my daughters KAREE and JAHMELA and their 7 children and what have you done to them.
This is his reasoning to keep a over inflated pentagon budget for war hungry generals and thirsty members of Congress who share holdings in Lockheed Martin
