Sanders & Warren: Tax the rich to pay for college. Beto: Tax civilians to pay for the Forever Wars. Wonder what's going to play better with Democratic voters?https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1143099867897716736 …
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I'm not sold on the policy, but the idea of raising taxes to fund wars as an antiwar strategy is not a new one, having been proposed by the likes of Charlie Rangel before. I think a lot of people are just responding to the fact its Beto, and his baggage.https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/6/18/17474368/war-taxes-iraq-afghanistan-history-accountability-democracy …
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but 50% of our discretionary tax dollars already go to the Pentagon. cutting that budget would be a good antiwar strategy and a popular proposal.
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The “war tax” goes to finance a healthcare fund for veterans, not the wars themselves
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