Obey's Afghan War Surtax - WSJ.com: "The White House says domestic politics is irrelevant to its pending Afghanistan decision, but domestic politicians beg to differ. 'There ain't going to be no money for nothing if we pour it all into Afghanistan,' the liberal warhorse David Obey told ABC's Jonathan Karl, before threatening a 'war surtax' if President Obama does end up granting General Stanley McChrystal's request for 40,000 more troops.
'That's what happened with the Vietnam War, which wiped out the Great Society,' the House Appropriations Chairman said with his customary subtlety. 'That's what happened with the Korean War, which wiped out Harry Truman's Square Deal. That's what happened with the end of the progressive movement before the '20s when we went into World War I. In each case, the costs of those wars shut off our ability to pay for anything else.'"
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