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Lawmakers Propose ‘War Surtax’ to Pay for Troop Increase in Afghanistan
Fox News ^
| 11.23.09
| foxnews.com
Posted on 11/23/2009 2:51:25 PM PST by SHAWSBLOG
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the purse string-controlling House Appropriations Committee, is calling the idea a "war surtax."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: afganistan; democrats; tax
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posted on
11/23/2009 2:51:29 PM PST
by
SHAWSBLOG
To: SHAWSBLOG
Democrats...we’ll do anything to make your life more expensive!
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posted on
11/23/2009 2:54:34 PM PST
by
Reaganesque
("And thou shalt do it with all humility, trusting in me, reviling not against revilers.")
To: SHAWSBLOG
That’s just fine, AS LONG AS CONGRESS FORMALLY DECLARES WAR. If there’s no formal declaration of war, you’re just grandstanding, Obey.
To: SHAWSBLOG
These idiot Democrats are all followers of that Russian, Taxurassoff.
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posted on
11/23/2009 2:59:58 PM PST
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: SHAWSBLOG
and where are the cries that 0bambi is spending too much on the war?
we really need to start calling these people on their stunts
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posted on
11/23/2009 3:00:08 PM PST
by
sten
To: SHAWSBLOG
It has all the marks of a Democratic idea, tax the wealthy. If they came up with something reasonable like a form of voluntary war bond it might be a Republican concept.
To: SHAWSBLOG
How about we tax Congresscritters and Senators?
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posted on
11/23/2009 3:27:41 PM PST
by
freespirited
(People talk about "too big to fail." Our government is too big to succeed. --Chris Chocola)
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