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The 'War Is Making You Poor Act'

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

Here's a somewhat effective piece of agitprop from Rep. Grayson: War Is Making You Poor Act - NEWS RELEASE.

Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-08) introduced a landmark bill last night, called the “War Is Making You Poor Act”. The bipartisan bill does three things

1) It limits the amount of funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2) It eliminates the federal income tax on the first $35,000 of every American’s income ($70,000 for married couples), and
3) It cuts the Federal deficit by $15.9 billion.
Congressman Grayson said, “All three of those things need to be done. This bill brings them all together.”

The bill attracted an eclectic group of supporters.

The terrible thing about it is that the math is true. But of course there's no way we're about to cut a third of the non-war-related defense budget. Not until long after we have to.

It's odd in a way that more members of Congress don't try stunts like this, though. If enough did there might in the end be some movement on the issue.

Full post as published by Discourse.net on May 21, 2010 (boomark / email).