we re also getting shocking new reports claiming the united states keeps funneling money to troubled projects in afghanistan, 1 to $3 billion, to be exact, of your money, your taxpayer money. think about that. and the memo questions whether these projects even work, whether they re effective. now this comes at a time when congress may need to cut back on military spending just to shrink or massive deficit. here now to talk about it, retired army major general james marks, now ceo of invizin. always good to see you. thank you tore being here. in our rush to rebuild afghanistan, do you think we have ended up squandering billions of hard earned u.s. taxpayer dollars on afghan projects that either don t work or they re horribly mismanaged or ill conceived? gregg, let s not call it a rush to rebuild afghanistan. remember in the first few years of this war, we did what i would
their kitchen is probably safer than the food carts out here on sixth avenue? i agree with you. garbage cans are cleaner than what they are giving out. this is bureaucracy, these are two individuals that are volunteering their time, their efforts and resources. they don t want any renumeration they want to go out and feed 60 to hundred homeless people a night. two police officers say, hey, you are violating an ordinance. don t they have anything better to do. to tell them they are violating a public ordinance. there are many ordinances on the books that are ridiculous. gregg: and never enforced because everybody knows they are dumb. speaking of dumb, health and human. [ laughter ] gregg: i was referring to the statement by the health and human services department in houston. they issued a statement that is
arguably dumb. the homeless, they are susceptible to food borne illnesses. they have iron stomachs because they eat out of a trash can. there is an argument to be made. but let s understand this, homeless don t have the health care that you and i might have and they have to be protected. at the end of the day, gregg, we have to ensure that ordinances protect everybody and while they are doing something that is very admirable perhaps they can partner up with a homeless advocacy agency but does eight proper and right way. gregg: they also do with their church midnight runs, we present their our kitchen which is not a certified kitchen with a certified chef, we prepare food to give to the homeless. i don t have a license to do
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control board, co-op . orbs. let me tell you how i m going to do that every taxpayer put out $6,000, under the recovery act and reinvestment act the problem is they shouldn t have to worry the money is already there. i have the net operating loss. for the next four years we need to get this state in order. if you feel like you need to take your money for your bills under the nol, filing your taxes we will help the money under the recovery act is going to pay. sean: you are going to give relief money to the landlords? yes. sean: where is it coming from many under the recovery act from the president. sean: from washington? no it has already been distributed to the state of new york. sean: how much is in there? the state senators, don t know how to get it. sean: how about taxes are