Great idea.
Along with that, bring back the draft. No deferments.
One way to end endless wars is to make sure EVERYONE ends up in the fight.
Yea, yea, I know...volunteer military better then having problem people in mil. But you know, it ain’t fair. And even this plan resembles the old practice of paying others to serve your comittment, something that happened in the War Between the States.
Just put everyone in the game, then we’ll see how they like it.
How about, if we are taken to war, each member of Congress loses their salary until the war is over?
The Left is SOOOOOOOOO bummed that it hasn’t been able to get a good anti-war protest movement going since 1975.
How about an illegal invaders surcharge on every democrat?
How is he going to define “military family”? How will they administer the new taxes to be collected?
I think this is just a futile attempt to court the “military” vote, which generally would not be favorable for someone like Beto.
I’ve got a much better idea: Tax self described “progressives” 50% of their income. They certainly shouldn’t mind since government does many things that they like.
Same old tired crap from the DemocRAT playbook. RAISE TAXES. Keep it up Beto.
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.
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Tiny little problem. When’s the last time Congress actually declared war on another country?
Is Billionheiress Beto exempted from this tax?
That is not only unfair, but manifestly moronic.
Our tax dollars already go to paying for the military.
Is congress exempt. More taxes lol, surprise.
I'm guessing that more of his perfumed princes and princesses make over $200K annually than ours. I'm guessing that even fewer of them have a family member in the military.
First they come for you...
I will now resume ignoring.
What does he mean by “war”? The last time Congress declared war was WWII.
Still guy is so full of shit that he could fertile all of Texas and parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma as well.
Glad to see that he’s trying to be the poster boy for “Mental Health Year”, and it looks like he is succeeding. Guess his only competition is Schiff, Swallowswell, Blumenthal and BendOver Mayor Buttigieg.
whollycarp this guy is nuts...!!!
And to think the dumbocraps almost foisted him on us in the senate!
They spent $millons to unseat Cruz and replace him with this idiot.
One wonders if Mister O'Rourke might benefit from a comprehensive toxicology screen.
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“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.”