November 21 the U.S. House of Representatives of many powerful Democrats issued a joint statement, it is recommended for the war in Afghanistan, to the people surtax in order to reduce the government’s budget deficit.
According to Singapore’s “Lianhe Zaobao,” reported that funding for the current U.S. war in Afghanistan reached 68 billion U.S. dollars a year. This proposed decree, if implemented, annual income 150000-250000 U.S. dollars of the American middle class, the payment of income tax from the current 28% to 29.5%; annual salary of 25 million U.S. dollars in high-income earners, they pay income tax from the current 33% to 36.6%. That year’s income of 15 million dollars of the people, the income tax from the current 15% to 15.15%.
The joint statement said: “Whether or not support the war, the war should be crushed, they must pay the expenses.”
The proposed this “shared sacrifice Act 2010″ by the House Appropriations Committee Chairman Aobei Yi, Appropriations Committee Chairman of the Panel Murtha defense affairs, as well as the House Financial Services Committee Chairman Frank and others concerned.
The United States-led war in Afghanistan has entered its ninth year, President Obama will announce within weeks whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Democrats suggested that the war starting in 2011 imposed additional tax, but Obama could be the weak U.S. economy as a consideration to postpone by one year so that people dissatisfied with the implementation of this Act.
The Act provides that after the terrorist attacks in the 911 U.S. military personnel fighting in the war, their families, as well as the families of U.S. troops killed in action will be exempted from paying a war surtax.
The statement said: “The real for our military involvement in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan to pay the price the military families. We believe that since Yao Da war, we should have shared the burden, this is only fair.”
The statement pointed out, the huge military spending “will run out of funds to rebuild the economy”, led the Government to revive the economy can not be implemented health care reform, technical training schemes. But the multi-predicted probability of the implementation of the Act is equivalent to zero.
