Where should the $87 billion come from ?

[kentuck]

If it must be spent, perhaps it should come out of the huge taxcut Dumbya has proposed. It should not be charged. His supporters are already pissed off at him for spending so much money. If he wants it, let him pay for it. We will tax his buddies for his little war. That should be about the quickest way to end it?

If he doesn't want to agree to that, let him start withdrawing the troops. There are no more free tickets. The money jar is empty.

[CoffeePlease1947]

1. It should come from His ass

How about we get to throw a pie at his face for $1000. That would raise the money really quick. Or $3000 to kick him in the ass. That would raise it even quicker.

Mike

[graham67]

4. I would borrow $3000 from somebody...

just to kick him in the ass :D

[HereSince1628]

2. We will tax Iraq, of course!

Hey this guy has an MBA he knows all about opening up new sources of revenue.

[punpirate]

3. I believe that the...

... wealthy right-wing wanted this invasion more than anyone, so they should be the ones to pay for it.... Cancel the tax cuts for the wealthy, put the individual top tax rate back to 77% (being generous here--it was 91% until the Kennedy/Johnson administrations revised it downwards to 77%), and then we can afford it.

Cheers.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. Hmmmm.....Registered Republicans.

I think you've got something there.

[maggrwaggr]

5. uh, the oil companies are making record profits now

from the "instablity" over there, and prior, because of the "buildup to war" and "uncertainty".

Let them fucking pay for it.

Or better yet, make George Bush wash dishes over there for six bucks an hour until HE pays for it.

[Yupster]

24. Haliburton

from Yahoo Finance

Cost of a share of HAL on NYSE -- $ 24.50 per share

dividend rate 2.06 %

market capitalization -- $ 10.73 billion

gross profit -- $ 193 million

[Solly Mack]

6. Congressional pay raises

the companies that are profitting from this clusterfuck and anyone else that benefits...

[DebbieCDC]

7. I think Poppy & the Carlyle Group should pay!

After all, this war is for THEIR benefit

[SmileyBoy]

25. In a just world, they would be paying the whole tab.

But this world is FAAAAR from just nowadays...

[Aidoneus]

9. new taxes imposed on military industries & oil development corporations

This is for their benefit, let them fit the bill.

(not a perfect plan, many of them are subsidized with public funding anyway, but the spirit of my suggestion holds..)

[PROGRESSIVE1]

10. For starters...

let's take the paychecks of every congressman, senator, cabinet official, and president who supported this venture, to pay for the costs!!!

[scarlet_owl]

11. Here's a start......

We could start with some of that campaign money he has "worked" so hard to raise over the past few weeks.

[baby_bear]

12. He hasn't just 'proposed' the tax cuts; they all passed, 3 of them

The only questions are whether those with sunset provisions will be terminated rather than made permanent, as the W administration wants; and whether the others can be rolled back, period.

It's very important that Congress not make the taxes permanent; that way not so very, very much damage will be done when we replace him in January 2005.

So we need to pay attention and bug our Senators and House representatives very carefully and frequently the next few months.

We want to minimize the damage we need to undo when we the people boot the unelected cabal from the Oval Office, correct? And in the process, let's get those Repug SOBs out of the House and Senate as well.

Get out the Vote!!

s_m

[opihimoimoi]

14. Thats it, READ MY LIPS TIME...... Cut the taxes and now staring at

record deficiets.... OH OH Horror of all Horrors, bet a hamburger we see a tax increase soon to pay for all this shit that Bush has pushed on us. You jus know he fell asleep in Econ 101

[kentuck]

15. True, sierra moon...

Thanks for the correction. :)

[0rganism]

13. Split the bill equally among his top 100 campaign supporters

That's only $870 million apiece. Anyone who can afford a $2000 vanity lunch in this "economic downturn" can spit out a few hundred million for their company's share of the Iraqi oil fields.

[Ouabache]

16. 85% income tax on off-shore headquartered companies

to start.
and
A surtax on every job eliminated by those companies from this point on.

[Jack Rabbit]

17. War profiteers

Halliburton, Bechtel, Exxon, Chevron, Shell, etc.

Oh, yes, and the Bush family fortune. Every penny of it.

[lebkuchen]

18. How did he come up with $87 to begin with?

A strange amount. He may as well call it $89 billion and 99 cents.

Rove figured the public would say, "A bargain! At least it's not $90 billion. That would be asking TOO much."

[w4rma]

19. I say repeal Bush's tax shifts to the wealthy. Sen. Biden says postpone.

Biden says he thinks the wealthiest Americans would postpone their tax cuts to give Bush the money he wants.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/09/07/bush.reax/index.html

…
Biden also said he supported Bush's call for spending $87 billion on military operations and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan next year, although he said the administration should consider deferring tax cuts to pay for it, instead of simply increasing the deficit.

"I think the American people are ready to sacrifice to win, and I think if we went back to the American people and said, 'Look, the very wealthiest among us, we're going to postpone your tax cut a year or two to pay for this,' I think they would embrace it," he said.
…
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/09/07/bush.reax/index.html

[SmileyBoy]

20. I always said, let those who want the war pay for it.

Like what was mentioned on the top of this thread, the rich, wealthy elite are the ones who still support this war the most. Well, they've got money, let THEM pay for it. We're spending a BILLION DOLLARS A DAY for this war!!!! I don't want to pay for this shit.

[Mz Pip]

21. The existing defense budget

and not one penny more. If Bush wants 87 billion he should have to forego some of his other defense projects. I'm sure there's an aircraft carrier we don't really need; put Star Wars on hold for a few years, if not forever.

He should have to make do with what he has just like all the rest of us. If we want something new, we have to cut back on something else. He should only be allowed to cut back from the defense budget.

MzPip
:dem:

[JackSwift]

22. Your paying for it dipwad.

So get back to work, becaue you will pay for it your whole life, and so will your children and grandchildren. We are all BFEE slaves.

[ComerPerro]

23. Not from the rich

I will tell you that. They have such a terrible burden, they have had nothing but tax cuts for three years now. I pity them. They should get another tax cut too.