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Apparently David Obey thinks that if the Obama Administration wants more troops for Afghanistan - they need to pay for it:

"There ain't going to be no money for nothing if we pour it all into Afghanistan," House Appropriations Chairman David Obey told ABC News in an exclusive interview. "If they ask for an increased troop commitment in Afghanistan, I am going to ask them to pay for it."

Obey, a Democrat from Wisconsin, made it clear that he is absolutely opposed to sending any more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and says if Obama decides to do that, he'll demand a new tax -- what he calls a "war surtax" -- to pay for it.

"On the merits, I think it is a mistake to deepen our involvement," Obey said. "But if we are going to do that, then at least we ought to pay for it. Because if we don't, if we don't pay for it, the cost of the Afghan war will wipe out every initiative we have to rebuild our own economy."

Obey is a 1000% correct. For too long we have acted in this country like our foreign military misadventures don't cost money, don't blow up the deficit and don't mean a misallocation of resources away from far more important national priorities. If we're going to spend potentially $100 billion a year fighting the war in Afghanistan then the President should make perfectly clear how he is going to pay for it - and if it means raising taxes to do it then so be it.

Indeed, both Obey and Senate Armed Service Chairmen Carl Levin are now calling for a war tax. But Levin wants to direct the tax to "folks earning more than $200,000 or $250,000." But why should the rich pay for America's wars? If it's so important, everyone should chip in. And in fact proposed House legislation would ask middle-class to pay their share.

As any regular reader of this blog is well aware I think the idea of sending significantly more troops to Afghanistan would be a disaster. But if we are going to go down this road, we should at least be honest about the costs and the necessary sacrifice that the American people will have to make. Not only should Congress push a war tax, but the President should endorse the idea.

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