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Lawmakers Propose 'War Surtax' to Pay for Troop Increase in Afghanistan
FOXNews.com ^ | November 23, 2009 | Mike Emanuel

Posted on 11/23/2009 8:44:26 AM PST by Malone LaVeigh

Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., are proposing new taxes to pay for more U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Two top Democrats say they want to impose a new tax on the wealthy to finance any increase in U.S. troops for the Afghanistan war.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afganistan; dnc4taxes; tax
"Ain't going to be no money for nothing if we pour it all into Afghanistan."

Like I believe that all that money raised from such a tax would really go to the troops anyway.

1 posted on 11/23/2009 8:44:27 AM PST by Malone LaVeigh
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To: Malone LaVeigh
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., are proposing new taxes...

Gee, what are the chances?

2 posted on 11/23/2009 8:45:49 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Any tax increase will lead to less money to the treasury and more unemployment. The problem isn’t that the Federal Government taxes aren’t high enough, the problem is their priorities.


3 posted on 11/23/2009 8:46:48 AM PST by DManA
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To: Malone LaVeigh

2010 CANNOT come soon enough.
Some seriously angry Americans out here looking for the day of retribution. Bet.


4 posted on 11/23/2009 8:46:55 AM PST by cranked
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Why jizya (tax) the wealthy? Just let the muslim hordes eliminate the wealthy and anti-sharia clowns like Obey & Levin. /partial sarcasm


5 posted on 11/23/2009 8:48:54 AM PST by PGalt
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To: Malone LaVeigh

When they decide that we are in a war and begin fighting it like a war and then get out.......maybe. The government wants our military to act like a bunch of boy scouts, hold the enemys hands, nation building, don’t shoot unless fired upon, no air support, no artillery support. More taxes will just make more politicians richer.


6 posted on 11/23/2009 8:51:07 AM PST by RC2
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Start with Hollywood!


7 posted on 11/23/2009 8:51:41 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: massgopguy

HEAR, HEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


8 posted on 11/23/2009 8:53:22 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Redistribution continues. The wealthy should pay for everything. The poor for nothing. Bunch of commies!


9 posted on 11/23/2009 8:56:08 AM PST by winner3000
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To: Malone LaVeigh

this goes hand-in-hand with their half-baked attempts to revive the draft (still angry that not enough people were upset to produce Vietnam-style protests during the Bush Admin)


10 posted on 11/23/2009 9:01:54 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Malone LaVeigh

We need a surtax to pay their salaries


11 posted on 11/23/2009 9:04:01 AM PST by uncbob
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To: Malone LaVeigh

So let me get this straight- we can be driven to our knees and line up to give a pound of flesh we don’t have to provide non-Constitutionally mandated healthcare to illegals et al but money for defense, which the Constitution clearly mandates, requires a new tax?

It’s rare that an occasion arises that more justifies a giant “WTF”???


12 posted on 11/23/2009 9:32:53 AM PST by ProfoundMan (Time to finish the Reagan Revolution! - RightyPics.com)
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