Top Democrats try to pass the buck for ending the war onto the public
Posted on October 3rd, 2007 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, Congress, Dave Obey, House Appropriations Committee, House of Representives, Iraq, Jack Murtha, Jim McGovern, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, politics, taxes, war, warfare state, Wisconsin 7 Comments »Top House Democrats Tuesday proposed a “war surtax” to pay for the war in Iraq, a plan quickly condemned by Republicans and opposed by the House leadership.
The surtax would be “a percentage of your tax bill,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey, D-Wisconsin. “And if you don’t like the cost, then shut down the war.”
The measure — sponsored by Obey, Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, and Jim McGovern, D-Massachusetts — would require low- and middle-income taxpayers to add 2 percent to their tax bill, while higher-income taxpayers would add 12 to 15 percent, Obey said.
Isn’t ending the war Congress’ job? Isn’t that why they were given the majority in the legislative branch? Does anyone actually still believe that the D’s foreign policy isn’t the same as the neocons? This anti-intervention, anti-war lip service is most frustrating because the far left like MoveOn.org think the problem is Bush and the Republican neocons. The Democrat neocons are just as bad. The neocon ideology stems from the liberal’s heros like Wilson and FDR.
