POLL: How should we pay for the war?

[grahamhgreen]

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	Special tax on the 1% of Americans who own 60% of the wealth in our country, and their Corp's.
	10 (100%)
	Cuts to social programs.
	0 (0%)
	Borrow, increase the deficit.
	0 (0%)
	OTHER (post below)
	0 (0%)
	Have Obama and his adminstration pay for it out of their own pockets.
	0 (0%)
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[NightWatcher]

1. Which war? I'm afraid you'll have to narrow this down a little bit

[grahamhgreen]

35. War on pace? New, the war to degrade and destroy Isis

[easychoice]

2. special tax?

Hows about we impound all of the funds they have stolen for the last 200 years?
That'll pay some bills.

[liberal_at_heart]

3. How about not go to war, tax the rich and use that money on education, food stamps, SS,

and other social programs? That's my vote.

[grahamhgreen]

5. This is, of course, the best option.

[Paper Roses]

8. Best idea yet. n/t

[TampaAnimusVortex]

14. Amen to that! /nt

[meow2u3]

4. Soak the living shit out of the rich

Top tax rate of 91%, just like during WWII.

[Sopkoviak]

10. Define rich because I supported the current president

Because he was against the wars, promised to bring the troops home and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in anticipation.

So who do you consider "rich"?

BTW, I've worked hard, and still do, for close to 60 years to earn what I have.

I'm also not impressed by "bumper sticker" slogans.

[former9thward]

6. Income tax on all incomes.

Everyone.

[grahamhgreen]

7. I prefer a wealth tax on all wealth above 25 million.

[former9thward]

13. Selective taxation for one group, tax breaks for another group,

is how we got into this mess. If the people want war then have everyone pay for it. If they don't want to pay for it the war will end quickly.

[grahamhgreen]

19. Progressive taxation is a foundational belief for Democrats. How bout you?

[former9thward]

21. Progressive taxation does not mean no taxation.

Look it up.

[grahamhgreen]

22. Right! Tax the rich, feed the poor. They can afford it, right?

[former9thward]

23. As another poster in the thread said, ' a bumper sticker slogan'.

If that is what you want to go through your life doing, cool.

[grahamhgreen]

28. No, I want to return to the tax rates of the Greatest Generation. They were the greatest, you must

agree

The maximum tax rate in 1945 was 94% on taxable income over $200,000. Adjusted for inflation, that's $2.6 million. The top tax rate fell to 82.1% in 1948 but rose again to 91% in 1951 and stayed there through 1963.

........

Members of the Greatest Generation also were willing to compromise. While no one likes higher taxes, they did so when national circumstances made it necessary, such as when President Johnson levied a 10% surtax to fund the Vietnam War.

Can the wealthy can afford to pay more taxes?

[former9thward]

30. No, I don't agree they were the "greatest".

Every generation says that about themselves. Absolutely no one paid those high rates. In those years there were tax shelters and loopholes that no longer exist. Interesting you promote Johnson's 10% surtax which was not progressive at all. And yes almost everyone paid some taxes in those years. I thought you said all Democrats supported progressive taxation. I guess Johnson was not a Democrat in your book.

[grahamhgreen]

31. The surtax was progressive:) The greatest generation taxed the wealthiest at 94%, in my view

that def makes them the greatest!

[former9thward]

32. No they did not.

No one paid that rate. Purely something on paper.

[dilby]

9. Why not have the option for No War?

If you support this war then put your money where your mouth is.

[grahamhgreen]

15. Well, it would skew the poll. I want to find out if there is any other oprion for paying for the war

Seems like we need to have a national discussion about a wealth tax to pay for the long war on ISIL.

[muntrv]

11. Tax the military-industrial complex heavily!

[grahamhgreen]

16. I'm including that in option 1. We can also limit their profits, as we did in WWII.

[DrDan]

12. Donations - if you are in favor, donate

[UglyGreed]

17. How about

stop war all together, this how we got here in the first place.

[grahamhgreen]

18. This option is no longer available to us. Well, it is, but we still have past expenses we need to

pay for.....

[UglyGreed]

20. Well then

I say send Halliburton, arm dealers and the major oil companies the bill. God knows that got the cash.

[bigwillq]

24. Have Obama and his adminstration pay for it

out of their own pockets.

[grahamhgreen]

26. Adding:)

[bigwillq]

27. ha

[NaturalHigh]

25. I hate discussions about how to pay for war.

We shouldn't be at war, IMO. I would much rather have a conversation about how to pay for universal health care, eliminate poverty, and repair our country's infrastructure. I'm all for a strong and ready Department of Defense, but the current bloated state of the military industrial complex is beyond ridiculous.

[TeeYiYi]

33. +1 ...

I hate war; especially when it's so blatantly and callously used as an income stream for the 1%.

TYY

[B Calm]

29. We don't. We wait for a republican president and blame the republicans

for the debt. Sound familiar?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

34. Borrow the money from the Pentagon and repay it with wooden nickels.