Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
With the White House days away from announcing what many anticipate will be a major expansion of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, several key congressional Democrats, including Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, have proposed an income surtax to finance any troop escalation on a pay-as-you-fight basis.
DANGERDEMOCRAT (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Directly from the heart of Gouverneur to the center of the news universe. Here is the lineup for Sunday's FACE THE NATION. It might be better for the North County if her claim to fame wasn't as a giant loser. What did she get? About 5% I think. In any event, here is the lineup courtesy of Ben Smith at Politico. We'll be watchin' Diedra. FACE THE NATION With CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob...
Semper Ratio (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Reports ( here and here ) are now coming in that President Obama will announce on December 1st that he will authorize additional troops to be sent to Afghanistan, his 'war of necessity.' The Times reports the number to be 25,000 while likewise stating that between 32,000 and 35,000 are being considered, which is less than the 40,000 that General McChrystal has requested. This all sounds eerily familiar...
DISSENTING JUSTICE (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives in both the Democratic and Republican parties approach healthcare reform with a high degree of skepticism. Senator Joe Lieberman, who has received $1 million from the insurance industry over the course of his Senate career, has vowed to oppose any reform package that contains a public plan option. Lieberman explains that he is voting his "conscience"...
Seaspook's Rants (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
That smug bastard! Why is the Afghan war the cause for new taxes? What about the stimulus plan that wasn't, what about the tons of pork contained in every bill coming out of Congress, what about the 'Cash for Clunkers', what about TARP? And I suppose health care and cap and trade won't be the cause for even more new taxes. You hypocritical, disingenuous a__hole! Bloomberg : Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) --...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Come on all of you, big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again. Yeah, he's got himself in a terrible jam, way down yonder in Afghanistan. So put down your books and pick up a gun, gonna have a whole lotta fun. James Pethokoukis of Reuters reports that President Barack Obama is planning on sending 34,000 troops to Afghanistan over the next year. That represents a 50 percent increase over the 68,000...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Add David Obey to the increasingly vocal foes of General Stanley McChrystal's proposed escalation of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a group that includes Arlen Specter and the 57 Congresspeople who signed Massachusetts Congressmen James McGovern's letter to the President. "There ain't going to be no money for nothing if we pour it all into Afghanistan," House Appropriations Chairman David...
STONE SOUP MUSINGS (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The Republican Party is staking its future on people like Sarah Palin for commonsense solutions to our nation's problems. Meanwhile, Democrats don't have to look any further than Sen. Carl Levin. This is his commonsense approach to paying for the war in Afghanistan. Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said...
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Rep. David Obey joins Senator Carl Levin in calling for new taxes for the war in Afghanistan : The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has a stark message for President Obama about Afghanistan -- sending more troops would be a mistake that could "wipe out every initiative we have to rebuild our own economy." "There ain't going to be no money for nothing if we pour...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Sen. Carl Levin has a solution to the problem of how to finance our losing, futile war in Afghanistan – a war we are fighting to support what has now been officially deemed the second most corrupt government on earth: he wants a war tax. An "additional income tax to the upper brackets, folks earning more than $200,000 or $250,000" a year is what the Michigan Democrat and powerful chairman...
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
They want to add it on top of the others by Justin Raimondo , November 23, 2009 "Sen. Carl Levin has a solution to the problem of how to finance our losing, futile war in Afghanistan – a war we are fighting to support what has now been officially deemed the second most corrupt government on earth : he wants a war tax. An "additional income tax to the upper brackets, folks earning more...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Major Nidal Hasan in pain and not a flight risk, hearing told Major Nidal Hasan, who has been charged with 13 murders over the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, is paralysed from the neck down, incontinent and in severe pain, according to his lawyer. The lawyer, John Galligan, told a hearing by a military magistrate yesterday that the army psychiatrist, who is accused of killing 12 soldiers and a civilian...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
WASHINGTON - A massacre at a Texas army base that left 13 people dead is increasingly looking like part of a terror conspiracy rather than an act of a lone gunman. The growing suspicious are related, among other things, to shooter Nidal Malik Hasan 's connection to September 11 terrorists, the funds he is suspected of transferring to Pakistan, and his ties with radical Yemenite cleric Anwar al-Awlaki...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Dear rich people: Here's another burden you'll be expected to shoulder. Bloomberg : Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. An “additional income tax to the upper brackets, folks earning more than $200,000 or $250,000” a year, could...
Liberal Values (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Senator Carl Levin of Michigan has suggested a tax on upper-income earners to pay for more troops for the war in Afghanistan. I suspect he did not note how the Democrats lost many independent voters in this year’s elections. Certainly there are many reasons why the elections are not predictive of future results, but taking [...]
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