Wednesday, July 18, 2007
A Modest Proposal
With support for the war in Iraq under 30% in most polls and the cost of the war approaching a half trillion (see the link below for a running tally), I have a modest proposal. Why not take the 27% or so of war supporters (aka deadenders) and enlist them for a secondary surge in Iraq, or to shore up the first surge? These people obviously have to be robots to still be supporting the failed, unnecessary occupation of Iraq, so no worries there--they won't get hurt. As an added bonus, I read that military recruitment numbers are down and that military recruiters are falling short of their quotas, so this is the perfect solution. We'll call the unit the "Sheeple Brigade."
As for keeping the spiraling costs of the war down, Congress should consider passing a "war tax"--a 10% increase on the sales tax for all those who supported Bush in 2000 (since clearly these voters were gullible enough to buy the BS that Bush is selling) and a 50% increase for those who voted for him the second time around. After all, if we can increase taxes on cigarettes and penalize smokers, shouldn't we be able to levy a tax on the brain-addled voters who got us into this mess?
Cost of War - National Priorities Project
As for keeping the spiraling costs of the war down, Congress should consider passing a "war tax"--a 10% increase on the sales tax for all those who supported Bush in 2000 (since clearly these voters were gullible enough to buy the BS that Bush is selling) and a 50% increase for those who voted for him the second time around. After all, if we can increase taxes on cigarettes and penalize smokers, shouldn't we be able to levy a tax on the brain-addled voters who got us into this mess?
Cost of War - National Priorities Project
