05-14-2008, 04:07 PM
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 Millionaire surcharge for the troops
Democrats propose taxes to fund veterans' benefits - Yahoo! News Quote:
WASHINGTON - House Democrats are proposing a tax surcharge on millionaires to pay for a big increase in education benefits for veterans of the war in Iraq, lawmakers said Tuesday.
The plan, if accepted by rank-and-file Democrats, would clear the way for a vote Thursday on a long-stalled war funding bill that would pay for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring.
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What we're talking about is a one-half percent income tax surcharge on incomes above $1 million," said Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of the Blue Dog group. "So someone who earns $2 million a year would pay $5,000. ... They're not going to miss it."
| And this from the party of defeat. The party that wants to cut funding to the troops. The party that likened our troops to Nazis and terrorists. Now they care, it must be an election year.
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