Lieberman - US should weigh war on terrorism tax...

[bridgit]

'More WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sen. Joseph Lieberman said on Tuesday that Congress should consider a tax to fund the U.S.-declared war on terrorism and reduce the need to cut domestic programs to pay for security spending.

A former Democrat who supports the Iraq war and backs President George W. Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional troops to Iraq, Lieberman said the proposed increase in the Pentagon's budget for next fiscal year will squeeze funding for critical domestic programs.'

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[Missy M]

1. Well, I think Lieberman and bush, cheney and anyone else....

wanting a "surge" should fund it with their own money.

[liberal N proud]

2. Doesn't that counter the ideas of the bu$h regime?

bu$h is trying to pay for the war by giving the wealthy of the country a tax cut.

[cdnwannabe]

3. But the rich don't pay their share anyway....

what makes you think that would change with a war on terror tax?

[donheld]

4. This would be the one I'd refuse to pay

They chose a war, they can pay for it.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2007-02-06T215455Z_01_N06250358_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-BUDGET-CONGRESS.xml

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outspoken supporter of the Iraq war on Tuesday called for a new tax to pay for its astronomical cost as Congress opened a debate on President George W. Bush's $2.9 trillion budget plan for next year.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut proposed a "war on terrorism tax" at a Senate hearing during which he said the Pentagon's $622 billion defense budget proposal for fiscal 2008 threatened to crowd out funds for domestic programs.

The lawmaker, a former Democrat turned independent, favors a U.S. troop buildup in Iraq.

Bush traveled to Manassas, Virginia, to deliver the opposite message about the budget he submitted to the Democrat-controlled Congress on Monday.