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.
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.
“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.
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Okay I have decided that if for some reason Hillary Clinton's campaign goes off the rails, that my go to choice for a replacement would be Elizabeth Warren at the top of the ticket and Bernie Sanders as her VP.
Not only would that unite the Democrats like nobody's business, but it would drive the Republicans out of their ever loving minds.
Next let's stop giving Religious grifters a free ride.... come down on the charity scams.
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DeleteAfter a very hard day this is the best I've seen all week! Go Bernie!
ReplyDeletetell that to Murkowski...add an addendum to the Fiscal 2015 Defense Budget Fund about Sexual Assault in the Alaska National Guard...see how that plays out...head tilt...smirk!
ReplyDeleteSanders' budget amendment is totally appropriate since US military operations protect or expand corporate interests. In otherwords, wars are prosecuted for the 1% and they should pay the lion's share, either in money or blood.
ReplyDeleteSince the 1% will always get their kids out of serving in the military, a war tax on the millionaires is totally justified. If the 99% continues to pay in blood, the 1% sure as hell should pay in money.
DeleteWhen my husband was in the military before the first gulf war, he always said he was working for Exxon. He flew oil tanker escorts using gas and planes we tax payers paid for. Meanwhile Exxon paid next to nothing and got tax breaks on top of it.
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DeleteIif war is what the repubs want, then reinstate the draft. No exemptions. Go to EVERY frat house and hand out draft cards. Let these drunken racists go learn what the REAL world is about. Ship them all to the front lines, no more dodging service as in the past.
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ReplyDeleteIt's the sanest thing you'll read each week.
Thanks for the tip.
DeleteWarren has little interest in running for President in 2016. Might as well make Bernie your candidate.
ReplyDeleteClinton can't win.
Hillary can win.
DeleteNeither will $arah.
DeletePlease tell the pee puddlers.
Hillary will win if she runs, question is will she?
DeleteGO BERNIE!!!!! Make those motherfuckers squirm!
ReplyDeleteOkay I have decided that if for some reason Hillary Clinton's campaign goes off the rails, that my go to choice for a replacement would be Elizabeth Warren at the top of the ticket and Bernie Sanders as her VP.
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Now Gryphen, many of us here have been saying that Warren/Sanders was our dream ticket. Have we finally convinced you? Now only a few billion more and we can do it!
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ReplyDeleteI guess Sarah Palin doesn't give a shit that it's World Down Syndrome Day today. If she only had a vested interest with the Down Syndrome community. Que Ms. Perpetually Late with her fake assed support!.
She hasn't mentioned it once since he faked himself out of her vajayjay. There's a wedding to plan, don't hand her the "retarded one."
DeleteGive them a dose of reality, go Bernie!!!!!! That sound you hear is the melodic cacophony of dipshits across the US's heads exploding. Crazy Lady to comment in 3-2-1 mini me and Nancy to follow.......
ReplyDeleteHow is it that by finding you, just because you questioned the wild ride, that I agree so much with your politics?
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DeleteStill here! LOL Smooches, Gryph!
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,”
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those rethugs need to be reminded of this every time they try and cut funding to education, medicare etc.. I am sure Halliburton could pay off the national debt with their war profits.
"socialist" is an even more unlikely president than "black"
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't underestimate our electorate to use some common sense. How unlikely was it to elect a guy with the middle name Hussein to office before we knew anything about him? Not damn likely but the majority of the people listened and cast an educated vote not once but twice!
ReplyDeleteMaybe we knew too much about little lumpy Johnnie Mac. Then he chose $carah as his running mate, and sealed the deal. NO WAY a fake war "hero" and a fake "mother of a DS child" could fake their way into the WH.
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