We should have a check-off box on our taxes

[bluestateguy]

If I don't want to pay for this war in Iraq, which has nothing to do with the security of the United States, I should be allowed to check off a box on my tax forms if I don't want to fund the war. This was a war of choice, and as such, only the people support it should have to fund it.

[leftyandproud]

1. can't stop there

pukes will demand the same for every welfare program, and I'd bet 80% of the public would be greedy enough to defund the programs they don't personally benefit from.

[BR_Parkway]

2. But given the fraction of the budget going to those

programs vs things like military budget, we would probably see better results in funding if we were allowed to pick. I've often said there should be 8-10 major areas that we could pick from, pick one or some or all, depending on which programs you support. Then, they take 10% off the top of my taxes for general administration budget, the rest gets divvied up how I indicated - talk about the will of the people! Unfortunately, takes too much power from Congress to ever get it approved.