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O’Rourke proposes new ‘war tax’ to fund veteran health care
Associated Press ^ | June 24, 2019

Posted on 06/24/2019 6:38:52 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Democratic presidential candidate Beto (BET’-oh) O’Rourke is pledging to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and help create a federal health care fund to cover the costs of caring for those who serve in future wars by taxing those who don’t. […]

The proposal pledges to improve the Veterans Affairs health care system and provide immigrant veterans a “pathway to citizenship.”

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: abortion; aliens; betamale; beto; incometaxes; infanticide; invasion; medicareforall; obamacare; pandering; robertfrancisorourke; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; veterans; wartax
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To: Olog-hai

democrats have no idea of how to govern. For them, everything is a new government program funded by a new tax. Hey skateboard brain! shove it up your xxx.


21 posted on 06/24/2019 8:10:25 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: I want the USA back

I presume that by “govern”, you mean do so according to the US Constitution. No; they want more and more power and to rule by crisis and capricious decrees.


22 posted on 06/24/2019 8:21:32 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Whitey O’Rourke can’t get anyone to pay attention to him.


23 posted on 06/24/2019 8:26:40 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Olog-hai

A new tax? What a novel idea, idiot.


24 posted on 06/24/2019 8:34:12 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Olog-hai
Democratic presidential candidate Beto (BET’-oh) O’Rourke is pledging to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and help create a federal health care fund to cover the costs of caring for those who serve in future wars by taxing those who don’t.

Don't we already have that? And isn't it called the VA?

25 posted on 06/24/2019 8:36:50 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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I appreciate my veterans in my family..my spouse, 3 brothers, 3 Bil, both my mother and father......

but no way should anyone be penalized for not being in the service.....

of course we're well on our way to making our own red guard......

26 posted on 06/24/2019 8:45:16 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Olog-hai

How about a “Tax” tax on new tax?


27 posted on 06/24/2019 9:59:50 AM PDT by RedMonqey (Welcome to Thunderdome... America 2019)
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To: Olog-hai

How about a DUI offender tax for good measure?


28 posted on 06/24/2019 11:12:39 AM PDT by AmericanCheeseFood (Fox Shadowbans People On Comments)
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