War Tax on Millionaires ... A Fabulous Idea!!!

Let's let the rich fund the next set of un-winnable, never ending wars.


Go Bernie, Go!

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/29191-bernie-sanders-calls-for-war-tax-on-millionaires

Wordslinger wrote:Let's let the rich fund the next set of un-winnable, never ending wars.


Go Bernie, Go!

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/29191-bernie-sanders-calls-for-war-tax-on-millionaires

The “war tax” will be one of the first Sanders will introduce during the vote-a-rama next week. During the back-to-back votes, senators are allowed to submit an unlimited amount of amendments.
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He’s upset with a provision Senate Republicans added to their blueprint Thursday that would increase defense spending next year by pumping up the Pentagon’s war funding account to $96 billion.

The overseas contingency operations (OCO) account has funded the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and now pays for operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Republicans are depending on OCO, which falls outside the Defense Department’s base budget, to increase military spending. The budget would keep sequestration budget caps in place next year for the Pentagon’s base budget.

Sanders slammed the proposal from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), which matches what House Republicans are seeking in their separate budget resolution. Sanders called their use of OCO a “gimmick.”

You know, there is just no pinning these people down. They vote on sequestration and then build a loophole to avoid it in order to fund what they want to fund. It is a gimmick for sure. Creating this loophole and spending more money won't keep them from pounding the podium and complaining about how the debt is running wild though. You can count on that.