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MH1

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18. But my post was about Iraq, not Afghanistan.

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 12:40 PM

Dec 2011

The question of how to pay for the Afghanistan war is another question, and your point may have applicability to that question ... although I don't know how we would charge the British government for the actions of their past administration. Or how we would get the "City of London central banksters" (aka British citizens, or 'subjects' I guess) to pay into the American treasury.

To my o.p., your point does not seem relevant. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 or Afghanistan, other than that we weakened our effort there by pulling troops out to move them to Iraq, before bin Laden was captured and before that country was stabilized after our invasion. (Not judging the invasion here, just commenting on the idiotic tactics of pulling troops out before the job was done, assuming one decided to do the job.)

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We need a "millionaire's tax" to pay for the Iraq war. [View all] MH1 Dec 2011 OP

Has any member of Congress had the cojones to say this? MH1 Dec 2011 #1

I'll second that. And don't forget Afghanistan too. cottage10 Dec 2011 #2

I probably should have included Afghanistan, but that cashier isn't finished ringing up. MH1 Dec 2011 #4

a 1% Wall Street transaction tax on all turnover, with the first $1 million exempted would fix a lot stockholmer Dec 2011 #3

A small piece of the passive income of the top 20% along with a minor increase in the regular income TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #7

spot on about the empric war spending, and the out of control 'for-profit' medical system stockholmer Dec 2011 #21

I like this idea. Why not make it specific what it is they are paying for. They wanted these wars jwirr Dec 2011 #5

I like the idea of making it specific. nt gateley Dec 2011 #6

I'm afraid, though, that most Americans wanted this war mainer Dec 2011 #8

"most Americans" were manipulated into wanting it by the corporate-owned media MH1 Dec 2011 #10

NOW they think it was a mistake. Not in 2003. And where was that support coming from then? mainer Dec 2011 #13

maybe people were too busy to try to get information other than from the TV news. MH1 Dec 2011 #16

Yay, let's go to war! Oh, guess that was a mistake. Tell Rich Joe pay for it; he's got the cash. mainer Dec 2011 #26

that's just it-a tax on the 1% will not HURT them, while the middle class & down is HURTING NOW StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #31

None of us on DU were too busy to get that information mainer Dec 2011 #27

certainly, I'd like to see a specific discussion in Congress about how the war should be paid for. MH1 Dec 2011 #14

Strike at the root with a "Rothschild tax" on the City of London central banking cousinhood war pigs phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #9

that's too complex for most people. MH1 Dec 2011 #11

The City of London central banksters sent America a "monkey minder" to make sure the proper message phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #17

But my post was about Iraq, not Afghanistan. MH1 Dec 2011 #18

The "no fly zone" in Iraq prior to invasion was a joint British-American op. phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #19

Did you know the Queen of England is head of an international drug cartel? And that the OKC Bombing tritsofme Dec 2011 #22

The sovereign state of the City of London, the richest square mile on earth, owned by the City of phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #29

I like your way of thinking, keep up the great posts (The City of London is the epicenter of evil) stockholmer Dec 2011 #23

The fastest way to become an enemy of America is to buck the City of London Corporation. phasma ex machina Dec 2011 #30

What we really need... Bogart Dec 2011 #12

Make it expensive enough to the decision-makers MH1 Dec 2011 #15

when the decision makers also make the laws-how do you make it expensive FOR THEM StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #32

Just like a draft gulliver Dec 2011 #20

The Iraq War was a war waged by billionaires for the sake of profit. Initech Dec 2011 #24

The roober barrons run the country sarcasmo Dec 2011 #25

good idea RobertEarl Dec 2011 #28