BeFree
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Tue Dec-29-09 02:52 PM
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How long would the teabaggers support war if they had to pay a tax that went directly toward keeping war going?
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Tue Dec-29-09 02:54 PM
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1. Yes, a progressive tax and a draft |
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That should reduce the nonsense. Military contractors can work non-profit as their patriotic duty, to boot.
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Tue Dec-29-09 05:44 PM
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Tue Dec-29-09 02:55 PM
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2. "The war will end when enough bodies come home and the average citizen has to reach for his wallet.. |
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..to pay for it" Said to us by a PoliSci professor whose class we were disrupting to protest that other lost war.
He was right then, and he'd be right now.
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Tue Dec-29-09 02:57 PM
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3. They seem unaware we've purchased this war on a credit card. 'Supplementary spending'. nt |
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Tue Dec-29-09 02:59 PM
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4. Yup. Tax the top margin of income at 75% until they start crying for peace. |
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Then bring it down to 50%.
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Tue Dec-29-09 03:03 PM
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5. I wouldn't agree with a general war tax as I don't want to |
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contribute any more than we do already to their criminal wars.
But I would support a tax on war supporters, and huge taxes on war profiteers. I think support would practically disappear if those who verbally support endless war were the ones who had to pay for them.
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Tue Dec-29-09 03:43 PM
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6. Maybe break it out as a line item? |
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So instead of just a line that says "Federal Income Tax" with the number, it would have a heading for Federal Income Tax with two lines: "War" and "Other federal expenditures" that total the federal withholding from a person's paycheck.
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Tue Dec-29-09 05:01 PM
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7. Yes, that's one way to do it. |
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I would favor that. And I am willing to bet that support for wars, if we saw them actually have to put their money were their wars are, would drop like a rock.
Then, impose the maximum taxation on war profiteers. Such a system of profiteering from war is an abomination in a democracy such as this. If these wars are just, as they claim, then every American should be willing to support them, not profit from them. I imagine a huge tax on profiteers would be pretty popular.
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Tue Dec-29-09 05:31 PM
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If these wars are just, then we should raise a tax to pay for the wars. The teabaggers would have to finally admit their hypocrisy.
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Tue Dec-29-09 05:12 PM
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8. A war tax on the rich . . . |
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Tue Dec-29-09 05:35 PM
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10. As long as "rich" is defined as . . . |
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Anyone that makes more money than I do.
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Tue Dec-29-09 07:06 PM
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25. Yes . . . according to Repugs we are all "rich" . . . and have to clarify that these days!!! |
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Absolutely no upper class rich -- !!
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Tue Dec-29-09 05:43 PM
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11. So if I understand this correctly, the same people that are keeping the war going (congress) |
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are going to tax us to pay for it until we "learn our lesson"? How about if they just end the war instead and leave us out of it altogether.
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Tue Dec-29-09 05:50 PM
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13. Just let the richest fight first and keep replacing until we run out of rich. |
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War will stop soon enough when they aren't around to make big bucks off of it.
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Tue Dec-29-09 05:58 PM
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I like it. They'd put a halt to war over night. As it is all our warriors are the poorest people we have and that's not working very well.
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:01 PM
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:06 PM
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What level of tax and how much should we raise a year?
And what would the teabaggers say?
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:08 PM
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17. 3% more in taxes for everybody |
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:10 PM
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What about those who don't pay taxes because they don't earn enough to pay income tax? They get free war?
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:11 PM
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Plenty of poor folks supported these wars too.
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:27 PM
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How do you tax them?
And how much do we need to raise every year to pay for the war?
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:29 PM
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24. Probably about 200 billion. |
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Everybody has to file a return, even if you did not previously owe taxes. It's really not that complicated.
You are asking too many questions, so that's going to be it for me.
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:15 PM
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20. Raising taxes won't work because of loopholes |
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also why should my taxes go up for a war I don't want?
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:24 PM
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You don't want war? Well, you got it. So, how to pay for it?
Keep the credit card going?
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Tue Dec-29-09 06:27 PM
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22. You'll pay for it, sooner or later. |
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One way or another, you'll pay for the wars.
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