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War Tax

Carl Levin: New War Tax For Rich May Be Needed To Fund Afghan War

bloomberg.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, ...

A War Tax: A Strategic, Fiscal and Political Imperative

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


Paul Abrams

Without a draft, and without a war tax, 99.9% of Americans do not have to sacrifice at all to continue the war. It is too easy for war to become, for 99.9% of us, more like a video game played out on television.

How to pay for the next war

Donald Cohen | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Donald Cohen

President Obama announced that we would add 4,000 more troops to the 17,000 he already ordered to Afghanistan. In his address to Congress, he also ...

Democratic Leaders Squash "War Tax" Proposal

The Hill | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


House Democratic leaders moved swiftly Tuesday to thwart a tax proposal that would pay for the Iraq war, seeking to avoid the label of "tax and spend ...