Obey makes the pissatorium

co-author of our $17.1 trillion  debt gets religion

Obey: No surge without a tax

“ House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey plans to demand a new surtax to pay for any new troop increases in Afghanistan, ABC News reports. "There ain't going to be no money for nothing if we pour it all into Afghanistan," House Appropriations Chairman David Obey told ABC News in an exclusive interview. "If they ask for an increased troop commitment in Afghanistan, I am going to ask them to pay for it." Obey, a Democrat, made it clear that he is absolutely opposed to sending any more US troops to Afghanistan and says if President Obama decides to do that, he'll demand a new tax -- what he calls a "war surtax" -- to pay for it. ”  National defense is constitutionally mandated,  Enshrining a schmuck president's hick brother's gas station is not. FA!