little bit disingenuous because for the small amount we spend on defense, 3.6 percent of g.d.p., 15.6 percent of our overall federal budget right now compared to other programs, it s fairly insignificant. neil: you may be right about that but it is over $600 billion, the percentage game can be played but i am sure we can do something with $600 billion. guest: what is it worth for us to not have another 9/11? i guess that s the ultimate t question and . neil: for that reason we would not touch it. guest: d.o.d. is supposed to come to the congress and say here are the things we though to keep america safe, and it is my job and the u.s. congress job to say, here is how much money you have appropriated. it is not their job to make us
outages with this storm. the good news things are winding down in milwaukee. the heaviest snow accumulation is ending and kicking into the chicagoland area and really heavy right now across western parts of lower michigan. we are going to be seeing things continue into the northeast with that freezing rain and that sleet as it moves on in. new york city you got maybe another hourish before all of this changes over to some rain so things will be looking a lot better here. mix expected in boston and sleet and freezing rain and mostly just snow as we head into northern parts of new england. here is what we re expecting for the heaviest accumulations today. all really just on the northern tier but we could see well over a foot in inner parts of northern new england. about 24 hours or so and then we will be done with this storm. check out some of the updated numbers for you now. columbia, missouri, 17.5 and 17 at o hare and moline 16.7 and midway 15.6 and 4 inches in st. louis, missouri.
something to keep in mind about this, the wall street jounl pointed out, the truth is a lot of them are young and served in their late teens or early 20s and in general in america, unemployment is actually higher among younger people. so that s part of what we re talking about here, not just them being veterans, but the fact that they re young. in fact, between the ages of 20 and 24, the unemployment rate, tony is at 15.6%. you already have a higher unemployment rate among a lot of people in that able group, that s part of it. that said, a ton needs to be done to help our veterans. okay. what s being done to help them? well, i ll tell you a few examples. there s a lot going through congress right now. you know the way it works, different things in different places, some take a while to go through. let me talk through some help for jobless veterans inside congress. three things to look at. one is this thing called the work opportunity tax credit. and what it does is offers money t
isn t that bad enough? unemployment. the unemployment is 9.6 they say. that s not the real unemployment number. it never has been. the real unemployment number is the u-6, the broadest unemployment measure available. that s 16.5. that is when count everybody. for instance, teenage unemployment, you know what that is? teenage unemployment. nothing better for a revolution than a whole bunch of teenagers unemployed. 26%. how about african-american unemployment? gee, 15.6. hispanic unemployment? 12.1. do you know that 44% of all people unemployed are long-term unemployed? meaning, 27 weeks or longer. america s employment population ratio up until 2005 has consistently been above 70%. in 1950s, it was about 80%. now this is considered good
isn t that bad enough? unemployment. the unemployment is 9.6 they say. that s not the real unemployment number. it never has been. the real unemployment number is the u-6, the broadest unemployment measure available. that s 16.5. that is when count everybody. for instance, teenage unemployment, you know what that is? teenage unemployment. nothing better for a revolution than a whole bunch of teenagers unemployed. 26%. how about african-american unemployment? gee, 15.6. hispanic unemployment? 12.1. do you know that 44% of all people unemployed are long-term unemployed? meaning, 27 weeks or longer. america s employment population ratio up until 2005 has consistently been above 70%. in 1950s, it was about 80%.