talk.politics.misc

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 05:24:13 -0400, "Brian Carey"
wrote:

>
>"B1ackwater" wrote in message
>news: @ ...
>> On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 16:06:41 -0400, "Brian Carey"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> /blogs/thecrypt/1007/
>>>
>>>Three senior House Democrats are proposing a new tax to pay for the Iraq
>>>war, as well as vowing to oppose any funding bill for Iraq that does not
>>>include a policy for ending the conflict.
>>
>> They've wimped-out before - why shouldn't we expect
>> them to wimp out again, and again ?
>
>They will.
>
>> However, the idea of breaking-out the cost of the war
>> as a distinct, identifiable item on the budget isn't
>> all so bad. As is, I don't think most people have a
>> clue as to what it's costing them.
>
>Itemizing expenses is different from raising taxes.

Well, to create a special "war tax" they'd HAVE to
itemize first. Even if they couldn't get the actual
tax across, the itemized list could be politically
useful in and of itself.