Posted on 06/24/2019 9:07:33 AM PDT by Kaslin
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke released his new proposal to tax non-military families via Twitter on Monday.
O’Rourke’s “war tax” would require American families who make over $200,000 a year to pay $1,000 for each war embarked on by the United States. Military families would be exempt from the tax.
The tax “would serve as a reminder of the incredible sacrifice made by those who serve and their families,” the proposal reads. It does not specify the types of military engagement that would constitute a war under the tax.
Funds from the "war tax" would be deposited into a veteran's health care trust fund.
O’Rourke, who served on the House Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs committees, introduced the tax under his comprehensive plan for veterans entitled “Caring For Our Nation’s Veterans.” Other parts of the presidential hopeful’s plan include ending both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, establishing a veteran’s health care trust fund for every war the United States enters, modernizing the VA, addressing mental health, ensuring equal treatment of women and LGBTQ+ veterans, and preventing veteran homelessness.
In his tweet announcing his plan, O’Rourke said that “This country must be willing to pay any price and bear any burden to provide the full care, support, and resources to every single veteran who served every single one of us.”
This country must be willing to pay any price and bear any burden to provide the full care, support, and resources to every single veteran who served every single one of us.
My new plan will ensure that we finally do.
Take a look: https://t.co/Ym9wIkwE5b— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) June 24, 2019
O'Rourke's proposal comes after he has been lagging in the polls in recent weeks. He currently receives 4 percent support among likely Democratic primary voters.
What if there are no wars.
Funds from the “war tax” would be deposited into a veteran’s health care trust fund.
Sure Pete, those trust funds work so well.
Add a line to the Federal Tax Form to voluntarily pay an extra $1,000 to the Government and tell me how many Democrats and Liberals do it.
John Kerry chose the lowest Tax Table on his MA Tax Form when they offered a choice to voluntarily pay a 2% higher State Tax Rate.
That was before he hid his Yacht in RI to avoid paying MA Taxes on it.
Apparently Kerry’s Accountants are smarter than he is.
It’s like each candidate has to come up with a new tax.
It's not an income tax.
If it's an Article I Section 8 Clause 1 direct tax, it's not uniform, since it targeted at "non-military families" only.
Am I missing something that only a liberal can see?
-PJ
I’m sure that will go over well with the dem base
It kinda reminds me of the long distance tax.
In May of 2006 the Treasury Department announced it would stop collecting the 3 percent federal excise tax on long-distance telephone service that Americans have been paying since 1898, when the tax was first levied to help finance the Spanish-American War.
I’ll take nuke Mecca for $1,000.00 Alex.
How about a stupid tax on Beto? Maybe a 75% nuisance tax on Hollywood?
Notice how all the Democrat ideas heavily emphasize new or increased taxes?
Tax, tax, tax... Setting one group against another. That’s the Democrat’s playbook. Back to your manse, Bobby!
December of 1941.
You missed #37.
ML/NJ
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