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Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie
Well, we're pretty close to the same page here Chas. Only problem is, since Reagan, no one can get elected if they even hint they may raise taxes. Obama and Co. are looking for some ways to do it without drawing too much ire. Not sure how this plan to have a tax to pay for Afghanistan will go over with all the poison the Republicans have put in those waters.
Watch what you say Chas. The Republican Purity Committee gets a hold of this post and they'll pull your tin foil hat and revoke your tea party invitation. Raising taxes. Sheesh.
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It has long been a republican strategy to try to kill popular programs that they don't like by starving them to death. It's a lot easier to sell people on tax cuts than it is to sell them on cutting programs. Of course they will always get to spend what they want on the military because fear is pretty easy to sell too. Establish that Sadam Hassan is the enemy and they get to invade Iraq.
War appropriations then become the candy store for the military. They get their favorite congressman to throw in financing for all sorts of programs unrelated to the current conflict. Spend enough on military conflict (and military pork) and there is nothing left to spend on anything else without raising taxes, which is a ticket back to the private sector for any one who supports it. Nice little game, isn't it.
Seems like Ike is getting lots of love around here lately, and I sure wish his party would have listened to his warnings about the military industrial complex.
Regards,
D-Ray