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How to pay for the war

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By florencev (Contact - View My Woyano)
Published Sun 30 Sep 2007, 323 Views, 5 Comments

After watching the wonderful new PBS series by Ken Burns, The War,  I was impressed by how American's pulled together in the 1940's to support the troops and the war effort.  

It seems that all we have been asked to do for this war is go shopping, so how about going shopping for the war. 

I just heard this today.  How about we create a flat tax and every American puts $100 towards the war in Iraq?   $100 for each man, woman and child would help fund this supplemental. 

Because, like our own bills, we are paying for the war on credit, we don't feel it.   But like our own bills, we will have to pay for it some day.  I think we should be responsible adults and pay as we go, instead of borrowing from China and leaving it to our grandkids.



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    Loves Bloc Party ~ 14 months ago
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    do you know the percentage of tax money that went to pay for iraq last year?

    and how much debt are we going to have after it is all said and done?


    i agree that it seems like we are leaving it for future generations to pay for
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      florencev ~ 14 months ago
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      I think that something like 40 cents of every tax dollar goes to the war, but I might be on the low side. Given that the whole country is running on debt, I don't know how much it really is. They had a quiet meeting last week and lifted the tax ceiling to just under $10 trillion!!! This administration has put us in more debt than all the other administrations combined.
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        Alistair Mad Scotsman ~ 14 months ago
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        Governments could just not go round invading places, then their wouldn't be a war to fund.

        Just a thought. Albeit a practical one.
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          florencev ~ 14 months ago
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          Thanks Alistair, that is a really good idea!
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            7thdirection ~ 14 months ago
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            Exactly. Why accept war and pay for the consequences when you can just reject war?
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        AdGuy
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        This is my two cents...

           
        Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)

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