Sen. Byron Dorgan: "Courage" needed to raise taxes to pay for war

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Waiting for a war tax

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21774226/

Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said, “You have to have the courage to say to the American people, ‘We are sending our soldiers, would you please help me pay for this?’”

Dorgan said he would propose some “revenue raisers that ought to accompany” the $194 billion Iraq supplemental spending bill when it is debated, probably early next year.

Meanwhile GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky who is up for re-election next year, made it clear Tuesday that Republicans will run in 2008 on their opposition to tax increases.

He said that one lesson of last week’s election results was “the tax issue is back on the front burner in American politics going into 2008. The American people are speaking here again, and they are not interested in having tax increases.”

[babylonsister]

1. He's right, but courage is also needed to end this-now. Stop the funding,

use existing funds, bring them home. This is stupid what's going on now. The story changes every day, and who's telling the truth?

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. jr takes pride in gaming the system. Running this war off the books

has to be the the all time world class crown gem of gamesmanship.