Westside Steve Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 Democrat O'Rourke proposes 'war tax' on affluent U.S. families without military members AOL.COM 51 mins ago June 24 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke on Monday proposed taxing affluent American families who do not have members in the U.S. military as a way to fund healthcare for veterans. The former congressman from Texas unveiled a plan for military veterans that includes a "war tax," in which taxpayers who earn over $200,000 a year would pay $1,000 in a new tax for each war embarked on by the United States. O'Rourke, who did not serve in the military but sat on the House of Representatives Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs committees, said the tax would be levied on households without current members of the U.S. military or military veterans. He did not specify what types of war, or the scale and origins of the wars, on which the tax would be levied. The money raised from the war tax would be deposited into a newly created Veterans Health Care Trust Fund, which would be created at the start of each new war and be used to support veterans' healthcare, disability and other medical needs when they return from conflict, O'Rourke said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBrownsFan Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 With 20 plus dems running for president the race is on to see who can out pander the other one....using class warfare usually is a good easy target. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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calfoxwc Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 getting more asinine by the week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 orrrrrr, just not get into wars...close all these foreign bases etc,etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 No new taxes Or Supporting veterans What a choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 16 minutes ago, MLD Woody said: No new taxes Or Supporting veterans What a choice You can pay more taxes on your own if you feel that strong about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Vambo said: You can pay more taxes on your own if you feel that strong about it. You don't care about veterans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 1 minute ago, MLD Woody said: You don't care about veterans? Doesn't his planned healthcare for ALL cover them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemist Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 Doesn’t seem like a bad idea. Those wealthy families always want to start new wars so they can cash in. It should probably be 5 grand instead of 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 4 minutes ago, Vambo said: Doesn't his planned healthcare for ALL cover them? I have no idea. But you didn't answer my question. Beto put conservatives in an interesting position here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 I care that's why healthcare for ALL should cover it no new taxes needed. Do you care? Do you give EXTRA tax money on your own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 Taxes are too damn high ...to pay anything for illegals. I don't care if the left desperately wants their spanish language free ride votes. Woody wants healthcare for illegals who are members of ms13, so he can blame republicans for the increase in violent crime all over our country. You can bet the left is already calculating that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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