Even better for those who routinely deal in defence minutiae but it loses a bit of its soundbite punch for the rank and file by obscuring the simple money in/money out arithmetic.
> On May 3, 2015, at 10:18 AM, Robert Naiman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I love that idea. > > How about funding the Pentagon through a battery of taxes, with each tax > tailored to a class of operations. > > Like, US military operations in the Middle East could be funded through an > additional tax on US oil imports from the Middle East. > > US military bases in Europe could be funded by a tax on US imports from > Europe. > > The cost of maintaining US military bases in Asia could be funded by a tax on > US imports from Asia. > > > > Robert Naiman > Policy Director > Just Foreign Policy > www.justforeignpolicy.org <http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > (202) 448-2898 x1 > > On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Steve Bruns <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Let’s try that again. > > Fund it through a dedicated tax instead of its current black box funding, > freeing people to obsess over the Pentagon’s solvency the way they do with > the payroll tax and SS/Medicare. > > > > > >> On May 3, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Robert Naiman <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Bernie Sanders has a huge media platform now. >> >> What should he be saying about cutting the Pentagon budget? >> >> === >> >> Robert Naiman >> Policy Director >> Just Foreign Policy >> www.justforeignpolicy.org <http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> (202) 448-2898 x1 <tel:%28202%29%20448-2898%20x1> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> <https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l> > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > <https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l> > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
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