From NPR.org:
Despite all the attention given to Afghanistan this week, President Obama knows that most Americans' biggest concern is the lackluster economy. When new unemployment numbers come out on Friday, they're likely to show that tens of thousands of people lost jobs in November. So the White [...]
From Politico.com:
After months of listening to conservatives caterwaul over deficits and health care, senior House Democrats want a graduated surtax on individuals and corporations to pay for another big drain on the treasury: the Afghanistan war.
Three full committee chairmen — including the House’s top tax [...]
The TaxProf rounds up more news on the foolish push for a "war tax" to fund the Afghanistan troop surge. Until they also support a "Pimp your neighbor's pickup truck" tax, it will be hard to take "war tax" supporters seriously.
Forget all this stuff about the World Trade Center, weapons of mass distruction, Dick Cheney's evil machinations, or the other explanations for the far-east wars. We're really at war for the convenience of the IRS!
Okay, I don't really believe that, but tax defense attorney Jack Townsend puts forward a [...]
