War Tax

from nyt:

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on war funding, democrats have day of disagreement

washington, oct. 2 — 3 prominent congressional democrats on tuesday sought step criticism of white house on rising cost of iraq war. chairman of house appropriations committee said block president bush’s request $200 billion in supplemental financing war operations, , government should levy war surtax cover costs.

effort seemed fizzle democratic leaders reacted coolly ideas. speaker nancy pelosi of california issued statement opposing war tax, , senate democrats continued work on defense appropriations bill assure sufficient funds keep war operations going. republicans hit back, accusing democrats of trying raise taxes @ every opportunity.

democrats braced showdown president on children’s health insurance bill. bill, approved last week house , senate, sent president signature on tuesday. mr. bush has pledged veto because increases cost of program $35 billion on 5 years — sum democrats have said equals cost of 3 months of operations in iraq.

, house, overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, approved bill require administration within 60 days prepare plan redeployment of american forces iraq , report congress. bill require quarterly updates congress on status of war , redeployment plan, not require plan put action.

day began 3 senior house democrats assailing mr. bush on escalating cost of war.

“the president asking congress appropriate additional supplemental request of $200 billion,” appropriations chairman, representative david r. obey, democrat of wisconsin, said @ news conference. “i have no intention of reporting out of committee anytime in session of congress such request serves continue status quo.”

“if president concerned stopping red ink, prepared introduce legislation, provide war surtax,” added. “if war important enough fight, ought important enough pay for.”

mr. obey, joined representative john p. murtha, democrat of pennsylvania, , representative jim mcgovern, democrat of massachusetts, said did not expect democratic leaders embrace tax proposal said goal “call president’s bluff on fiscal responsibility.” mr. bush has repeatedly invoked need fiscal restraint in pledge veto children’s health insurance bill.

indeed, democratic leaders did not react enthusiastically. ms. pelosi, in statement, echoed criticism of mr. bush said not support war tax. said president had “failed learn lesson war should require shared sacrifice” , accused him of “adding hundreds of billions in debt future generations repay.”

said: “just have opposed war outset, opposed draft , opposed war surtax.” democratic aides conceded there little control comments mr. obey , mr. murtha, both senior lawmakers.

white house press secretary, dana perino, dismissed idea of war tax .

“we’ve known democrats seem revert type, , willing raise taxes on anything,” said.

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what bull-hockey this? not can democrats not bothered end war, can't bothered pay it? nancy pelosi dismissing idea out of hand infuriating. wh calling "reverting form" when few representatives propose paying it's 2 hundred billion dollar year travesty beyond pale.

i've been saying friends years, , more since "the war" played on pbs if bush meant it, he'd raise taxes , draft soldiers done. if wants conflate wot wwii, let him raise taxes similar levels. @ 98% every dollar above 2 hundred thousand nobody'd asking how pay mine-resistant vehicles or bullet proof vests. afford trigger-happy mercenaries bush seems prefer on our own army.

i'm going writing pelosi letter, along own representative. kind of idiocy unexcusable.

 

odd, thought tax dollars paying war...

 

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