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Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says
bloomberg.com - 11/21/2009
Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says
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Nov. 21 (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 ...
High-Income Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says
bloomberg.com - 11/20/2009
High-Income Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says
— bloomberg.com — Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Carl Levin , chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee , said higher-income... Americans should be taxed to pay for additional troops sent to Afghanistan and that NATO should provide half of the new soldiers. An “additional ... (more) High-Income Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin ...
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liberalvaluesblog.com - 11/21/2009
Carl Levin Calls Calls For Tax on Upper-Income Earners to Pay for War
— liberalvaluesblog.com — 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 ... (more) Carl Levin Calls Calls For Tax on Upper-Income Earners ...
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Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says
bloomberg.com - 11/23/2009
Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says
— bloomberg.com — Nov. 21 (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 ... (more) Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, ...
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Newshoggers.com:  Make Them Pay For It!

Liberal Values:  Carl Levin Calls Calls For Tax on Upper-Income Earners to Pay for War

DownWithTyranny!:  Carl Levin Has A Surefire Way To End The War: Tax The Rich To Pay For It

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Make Them Pay For It!
Newshoggers.com — ... I have said for years that the best way to end foreign misadventures like Iraq and Afghanistan was to make the millionaire pundits and neocons pay for them.  Let's see how enthusiastic Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes are when their wars are being paid for by them.  So they want to wage war in Afghanistan?  Carl Levin says says make them pay for it. ...

Carl Levin Calls Calls For Tax on Upper-Income Earners to Pay for War
Liberal Values — 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 a stereotypical Democratic stand of soaking the rich for everything will not help matters. There’s no doubt that under Bush the rich were given especially favorable treatment which should be corrected. That does not mean that taxing the rich should be the answer for everything. If the government should be doing ...

Carl Levin Has A Surefire Way To End The War: Tax The Rich To Pay For It
DownWithTyranny! — ... Actually, it isn't just Carl Levin who is standing up and saying that if Obama wants to escalate the war in Afghanistan he's going to have to figure out how to pay for it without charging our great, great grandchildren, Bush and Cheney having already bankrupt our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Keep in mind that each additional soldier in Afghanistan costs around $1 million, which means $40 billion MORE if 40,000 new troops are added. Three very senior Democrats in the House, David Obey (WI), chairman of the Appropriations Committee, John Murtha (PA), ...

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Hey, How About an Afghanistan Tax? — JammieWearingFool
You evil "rich people" raking in an unseemly $200K a year better be ready to bend over a bit more.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 ...
Carl Levin: New War Tax For Rich May Be Needed To Fund Afghan War — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
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 ...
Carl Levin: New War Tax For Rich May Be Needed To Fund Afghan War — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
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 ...
Levin’s Liberal Revenge: Make The Rich Pay For Afghanistan — Pat Dollard | Young Americans
Bloomberg: Nov. 20 — Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for additional troops sent to Afghanistan and that NATO should provide half of the new soldiers. An “additional income tax to the upper brackets, ...