A Suicide War Tax To Kill Off Democrats!

Last week Congressional Democrats proposed their own demise without knowing it. In their frustration to end the war in Iraq they wanted to wake up stupid American people to the war's true cost with a progressive yearly tax that would pay for the war as it is prosecuted or fought. Here's what CNN said:

"Top House Democrats Tuesday proposed a "war surtax" to pay for the war in Iraq, a plan quickly condemned by Republicans and opposed by the House leadership. Rep. Dave Obey Tuesday said the surtax is a way for "this generation" to pay for the Iraq war. The surtax would be "a percentage of your tax bill," said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey, D-Wisconsin. "And if you don't like the cost, then shut down the war."

So far the war has cost about $800 Billion or about $2,666 per American or about $6398 per year per household. One has to assume a new yearly tax of $6398 per household would end the war rather quickly, which is exactly why the gov't wouldn't dare levy such a tax. It's entirely too democratic for Americas to be aware of the cost of American gov't. Gov't expenses must be hidden from the people so the politicians are free do what they are sure is right on behalf of stupid Americans. And it makes perfect sense too. After all, humanity has profited so much from political leaders hasn't it? It makes you wonder what on earth Jefferson had in mind when he reversed all of human history by founding America exclusively to have freedom from its would-be political leaders?

But why do these newly chastened, freedom loving, opportunistic Democrats stop with a war tax? Why not tax everything in a way designed to elucidate the true cost of what gov't is doing for them at any given time? To that end, they could replace all the various taxes from the excise tax, to the import tax, withholding tax, sales tax, property tax, income tax, corporate tax, inflation tax, and gas tax, with one big and very obvious tax. This year all Federal taxation will amount to $10,800 per person or about $26,000 per family. If you add state and local taxation, the consolidated gov't bill sent to every American family would be about $50,000 per family per year. Wouldn't it be just so lovely to bring an instant end to the insouciantly levied Democrat taxes by merely showing them to the American people? But of course the