Dave Obey Is Right

Dave Obey, Congressman from the 7th District in Wisconsin--and chair of the House Appropriations Committee--wants the country to pay, in taxes, for any increases for the war in Afghanistan. He's right.

But nobody wants to admit it or indulge him. The word on the Hill is that idea's DOA.

Instead, what will we do: Borrow the money, like we have all these years?

What difference is it, then, between what the Republicans did when they ran Congress while two wars in Iran and Afghanistan swelled up in size and intensity, and what the Democrats, by refusing to enlist this strategy, are going to be doing now?

Can a Democrat be a Democrat while still hanging on to the principles of the party--that if you want something of government, it's best to pay for it cash on the barrel, instead of deferring it to later, and higher, payments?

They can't possibly say, I guess, to those who would be crying out that taxes would go up: Yes, but this is something you said you wanted. Now, are we going to pay for it, or will be simply stop it?

Oops. I said something. The very idea that we'd actually GO HOME, instead of driving the incredible deficit even deeper, is another don't-want-to-discuss-it item.

But Obey is right. Again. But nobody's listening. Again.

Mister Mark