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Bush Breaks 150-Year History of Higher US Taxes in Wartime
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011407Y.shtml
It was once considered Americans' patriotic duty: enduring extraordinary tax
increases in wartime to help finance the fight. Not today. Iraq is the only
major US conflict, except for the 1846-48 Mexican-American War, in which
citizens haven't been asked to make a special financial sacrifice. President
George W. Bush opposes tax increases, even as the costs escalate far beyond
predictions and he calls for more troops.