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**KuRoregioNka** · 02-12-2009, 03:16 PM

Now that the White House has made their plan for Afghanistan public, I am hearing that some house Dems are talking about a "war tax" to finance military operations in Afghanistan.

My knee-jerk reaction was "oh man, here they go again with yet another tax." Then I thought about for a bit and have decided that the idea of such a tax has merit - as long as the monies collected don't go into some general fund, but are collected into a specific fund only to be used for Afghanistan. It shows greater fiscal responsibility than just printing money and selling debt to the Chinese, and the average taxpayor would finally be sacrificing along with those serving in the military.

So am I a jerk or what?

Not really, but why should the tax payer finance a war that the MIC contractors are getting wealthy off of? Sounds like more socialism-for-the-rich to me.

I see your point, that a tax increase involves all of us - but since we don't have any say (and Congress only listens to their lobbyists), the public can no longer dictate policy. The tax would be just another subsidy to those profitting from war.

As an aside, I find it interesting that we have "no money for health care" (a real national security issue), and spent months and months fighting about it, but hell, if we need a war escalation, not a word is said about "fiscal responsibility."

Fucked up priorities.

02-12-2009, 03:16 PM	#19
KuRoregioNka Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	Now that the White House has made their plan for Afghanistan public, I am hearing that some house Dems are talking about a "war tax" to finance military operations in Afghanistan. My knee-jerk reaction was "oh man, here they go again with yet another tax." Then I thought about for a bit and have decided that the idea of such a tax has merit - as long as the monies collected don't go into some general fund, but are collected into a specific fund only to be used for Afghanistan. It shows greater fiscal responsibility than just printing money and selling debt to the Chinese, and the average taxpayor would finally be sacrificing along with those serving in the military. So am I a jerk or what? Not really, but why should the tax payer finance a war that the MIC contractors are getting wealthy off of? Sounds like more socialism-for-the-rich to me. I see your point, that a tax increase involves all of us - but since we don't have any say (and Congress only listens to their lobbyists), the public can no longer dictate policy. The tax would be just another subsidy to those profitting from war. As an aside, I find it interesting that we have "no money for health care" (a real national security issue), and spent months and months fighting about it, but hell, if we need a war escalation, not a word is said about "fiscal responsibility." Fucked up priorities.
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