Shabad writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is planning to offer an amendment to the GOP budget next week that would impose a new tax on millionaires to finance U.S. military operations."
Senator Bernie Sanders. (photo: Getty)
Bernie Sanders Calls for 'War Tax' on Millionaires
21 March 15
en. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is planning to offer an amendment to the GOP budget next week that would impose a new tax on millionaires to finance U.S. military operations.
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.
�The Republicans took us into protracted wars in Afghanistan and Iraq � and ran up our national debt by trillions because they chose not to pay for those wars. Instead, they put the cost of those wars on our national credit card,� Sanders said in a statement Friday.
Sanders, a potential 2016 presidential contender, is ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee.
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.�
The extra OCO funding would only be offset in the out years, beyond the 10-year budget window.
�Wars are enormously expensive, not only in terms of human life and suffering, but in terms of the budget. If the Republicans want another war in the Mideast, they are going to have to tell the American people how much it will cost them and how it will be paid for,� he said.
�I strongly expect that there will be amendments demanding that Republicans tell us how they will pay for another war.�
Both chambers are planning to hold floor votes on their separate blueprints by the end of next week.
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retrospective that "free World" propaganda is censoring.
NATO killed son and his 3 GRAND CHILDREN.
In 1986 Reagan killed his adopted baby daughter - Hana.
This is TERRORISM - Killing Gaddafis Grandchildren - NATO, OBAMA ... British royalty - sick "western civilization"
NATO (Obama) not targeting Gaddafi, just his grandchildren.. .Impeach Obama. ...
so how is killing someone's son and three kids under age 12 protecting civilians exactly?
how does blowing up a house in a residential neighborhood constitute protecting civilians?
everyone is a war is a murderer, let's face it. they all think they're the good guys and they all think the other guys are the bad guys- they're all wrong
And this was 2nd targeted bombing of Qaddafi in 2 days.
NATO (Obama) IS not targeting Gaddafi, just his grandchildren ..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nation-reacts-to-osama-bin-ladens-death/2011/05/02/AFEpl8VF_gallery.html?hpid=z3#photo=1
Since 9-11 America has developed a cult of death. Americans like the ignorant assholes in the Post photos seem ecstatic over the announcement that their president has personally order the murder of another human. The US is, indeed, a sick nation.
We live in celebrity symbols - far from reality. It is SICK.
I will celebrate when we will get out of Afghanistan. War got US bankrupt - think that it is too late anyway. Going way of SSSR.
Yes, it is sad when innocents die. Yes, it should be avoided whenever possible. But in this situation, Gaddafi once again placed himself above the rules, and the death of family members is the result.
Try to remember, this is a leader who has brutalized his own people, bombed his own people when they resisted oppression. Gaddafi has been a threat to freedom, ours and theirs, for more than 30 years.
As a liberal, I do recognize there are some people who are so evil they simply need to be removed. Assasination is a viable strategy, requires fewer deaths than a war, and does not inflict great devastation on civilians. The only regret here is that once again, Gaddafi survived.
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facts that "free World" propaganda is censoring.
NATO killed son and his 3 GRAND CHILDREN.
In 1986 Reagan killed his adopted baby daughter - Hana.
"there are some people who are so evil they simply need to be removed. Assasination is a viable strategy ..."
How is NATO making difference which kids should be on not to be killed ?
Imagine psychopath taking the gun in your neighborhood and killing three kids because he is "He is angry with something" and other people even government figures supporting his views. NO this is no way forward - Bomber pilot or the one who issued such an gruesome order should be shown in public and charged for crimes in same way as psychopath with the gun. Kids should play whatever they surname or religion is - they have nothing to do with anyone's political views.
This kids are dead now and they will never play again - Do you have children ?