It’s shocking to me that this is something that won’t pass- every Republican, every Blue Dog, and everyone complaining about a balanced budget should be jumping on the bandwagon with this. Isn’t it people’s patriotic duty to pay for our military operations? Further, it seems like the DoD budget would get far more scrutiny if people saw the direct tax for funding the war. I’d gladly pay a tax to better fund our troops in Afghanistan, not only to help them succeed, but to help balance the budget.