we introduced on this show a stupidity test about two weeks ago. we issued an open invitation for members of congress to take part in this test. the test involves what is sort of the military s version of the printer scanner fax copier all in one. an office machine that does everything but does nothing well. it s a tank boat called the expeditionary fighting vehicle. it s supposed to be a tank that swims. but in order to swim it doesn t function very well as a tank. doesn t do a good job protecting folks on the inside from anything exploding on the outside. instead of spending $13 billion more on this no good very bad tank boat on top of the $3 billion that the military has spent on it already, the pentagon now wants to get rid ivt. they want to scrap the whole thing. enter the rachel maddow
we introduced on this show a stupidity test about two weeks ago. we issued an open invitation for members of congress to take part in this test. the test involves what is sort of the military s version of the printer scanner fax copier all in one. an office machine that does everything but does nothing well. it s a tank boat called the expeditionary fighting vehicle. it s supposed to be a tank that swims. but in order to swim it doesn t function very well as a tank. doesn t do a good job protecting folks on the inside from anything exploding on the outside. instead of spending $13 billion more on this no good very bad tank boat on top of the $3 billion that the military has spent on it already, the pentagon now wants to get rid of it. they want to scrap the whole thing. enter the rachel maddow stupidity test. it s a poor excuse for a nonmilitary vehicle.
economic problems this would be going on? this is the end of keynesianism. it s been with us 70 years and it s failing. even the liberals know it s failing. it s sort of like revolutionary end of an age with the downfall of the soviet system. it finally just didn t work. you didn t have to fight anymore it didn t come from the leaders it came from the grassroots and that s what s happening right now. the grassroots knows that government fails. even today statistics say hardly anybody trusts the government anymore. and good reason. what about it doesn t function. it doesn t have the right system anymore. there are those who say, well, look, what about actually getting things done in washington? i mean, that compromise is essential in politics, that no matter what you need at some point to compromise with someone on the other side of the aisle or someone even within your own party to effect change. do you think that s true? and do you think these new voices, those who have been e
it s been with us 70 years and it s failing. even the liberals know it s failing. it s sort of like revolutionary end of an age with the downfall of the soviet system. it finally just didn t work. you didn t have to fight anymore. it didn t come from the leaders. it came from the grassroots and that s what s happening right now. the grassroots knows that government fails. even today statistics say hardly anybody trusts the government anymore. and good reason. what about it doesn t function. it doesn t have the right system anymore. there are those who say, well, look, what about actually getting things done in washington? i mean, that compromise is essential in politics, that no matter what you need at some point to compromise with someone on the other side of the aisle or someone even within your own party to effect change. do you think that s true? and do you think these new voices, those who have been elected by the tea party and their supporters, do you think they re going
is a revolutionary time? oh, yeah. but it s economics. i see everything in terms of economic policies, and that s what drives everybody. that s what makes people so angry and upset. you think if there were no economic problems this would be going on? this is the end of keynesianism. it s been with us 70 years and it s failing. even the liberals know it s failing. it s sort of like revolutionary end of an age with the downfall of the soviet system. it finally just didn t work. you didn t have to fight anymore it didn t come from the leaders it came from the grassroots and that s what s happening right now. the grassroots knows that government fails. even today statistics say hardly anybody trusts the government anymore. and good reason. what about it doesn t function. it doesn t have the right system anymore. there are those who say, well, look, what about actually getting things done in washington? i mean, that compromise is essential in politics, that no matter what you need