War Tax

Posted on December 6, 2009 in War

I like the idea of a war tax. For years military expenditures have been a hidden cost, allowing our government to hide its overseas adventures. You may hear complaints about social spending but this is not our greatest expense. The military gobbles up more than anything else. It is at the root of our deficit.

When our country adds a war tax as it did in most of our wars, there is pressure to get the job done. There’s none of the loitering like we have seen in Afghanistan, fewer botched jobs like our failure to capture bin Laden several years ago. A war tax wakes up the taxpayer and makes her/him ask “How is the money being spent?” And “Is it worth it?”

Too bad they allow us to sleep.