Draft Taxpayers

Charles Rangel continues his push for reinstating the draft. As part of his message he argues:

"I dare anyone to try to convince me that this war is not being fought predominantly by tough, loyal, and patriotic young men and women from the barren hills and towns of rural and underprivileged neighborhoods in urban America where unemployment is high  and opportunities are few.  As we see who are the troops coming home wounded and killed, I challenge anyone to tell me that the wealthiest have not been excluded from that roll call.

Rangel may indeed be correct; with no children of their own in battle, the wealthy have little incentive to temper their taste for war and we end up with inefficient wars.

Similarly, Rangel must then agree that we should reinstate the income tax on the bottom 50% of income earners in this country. By not incurring a cost for expansive government, the poor have little incentive to temper their taste for big government and we end up with inefficient government programs.

Comments

[True_Liberal]

Well done! Bravo!