Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
Are you saying it is or isnt ok to criticize him for his statements?

What do you think would be an appropriate level of sacrifice for the average citizen before we can deploy troops?


1. I'm saying it's okay to criticize him, because thats what he wants and thats what you want. I'm telling you, this is tongue in cheek. The current situation with Iraq and the war on terror has degraded into a "you're an imperialist" vs "you're a coward" debate, where both sides use the lowest common denominator to judge one another.



2. Do you really want an answer to that question? Are all of you ready to crap your pants and have your dead relatives roll over in their graves?

A WAR TAX. At the least. I mean, for gods sake its a war.
Without getting into debates over sliding scales of percentages and who will be taxed more/less the easiest method requiring the least paperwork and beauracracy would be a flat tax levied on top of local/state sales tax to goods purchased with the exception of certain essential things like groceries. I'm talking about something like a friggin 1 or 2 cents on the dollar, which would go directly into the operating budgets for the military and not subject to being appropriated by Congress. This tax can be voted on every congressional session as a single issue item, so it doesn't sneak under the radar when the war or "conflict" is over. This tax revenue and how its spent can be public information for generalized expenditure info, and open records for federal elected officials to view per diem expenditures. Note: only this revenue is up for review, so because its only supplementary the classified can still stay classified as its not falling under this "war tax." There will be nothing in this spending info that will help the enemy.

It's a war. Involving our country. At the least, we could have a war tax.

Now, if you are talking about realistically, not hypothetically like the war tax, what kind of sacrafice "before we can deploy troops" I honestly don't know. Nor do I know after we deploy troops. I suppose forcing everyone to write letters and send over cookies would be a little silly, at best. Calling or writing to your representatives and telling them to vote on certain legislation does about as much good as calling The IRS 1-800 number and expecting To find a person on the other end, and trying to "support the troops" via your votes for public officials and said officials platforms seems like a good idea except, ya know, they are elected officials and pretty much forget what they promised the second they enter office.

I have my ways. And it doesn't involve a bumper sticker.