Why don't we tax the Iraqis?

This great idea just popped into my head this morning.

I wonder why no one ever thought of it before.

We have a daunting financial crisis on the Federal Government level. This has spread down to the state and local governments and services due to decreased funding from DC. So in order to alleviate at least some to this problem we could tax them.

We could tax all their business transactions through some sort of official imprint or official marking or something.

The country is rich rich rich in natural resources (oil, the little talked about WATER, and weaponry) so we could tax that too.

If nothing else we could have them pay for our expenses in bringing them freedom.

I know it is a bit of a revolutionary idea but it might just work.


:D

You mean, we could have them pay for our expenses in invading their country.

Oil revenues from their oil fields that we are supposed to have put back into operation are supposed to pay for everything.

Because the British decided the tax the colonists since the British were going broke fighting in the colonies. Viva la'Revolucion

The East India Company, one of the world's first corporations, was going under so the British forced the colonists to buy the company tea by taxing all the other importers. Twas corporate welfare that sparked the Boston Tea Party.

the stamp act...

YEs some sort of stamp to show that they have paid their share through the tax.

oh in case I didn't mention it before :sarcasm:

Anyway, how would you characterize stealing all their oil?

so much nicer then stealing.

with extreme inflation and limited electricity and gas. Maybe we should build the infrastructure before we tax for it.

corporations in the US much more heavily?


















Oh, well, yes, I see. Never mind.

:eyes:

It's about time those ungrateful Iraqis started showing their appreciation.

And who do they think they are, keeping America's oil under their sand?

Says so right on the bumpersticker

:sarcasm:

Sheesh, touchy, or what?

We may have to provide refunds if we pick up the wrong person, however...

we are nothing if not fair

Death and Taxes.


dp

If we tax a soverign country with an elected government and they have no elected representatives in the legislative body that is levying taxes on them we've made them a serfdom, colony, protectorate or other such thing. We might as well proclaim our annexation if we start taxing Iraqis.

If you don't recall we rebelled against a king and country that did the same thing to us, threw their vastly superior military forces off our land and out of our waters.

universal health care; military protection and US financed Food and building programs.

Strange how we don't do any of this, (except military protection), for our own citizens, but are more than willing to pay for another countrie's "basic needs".

BTW...now that our military 'protection' is being used in Iraq, I guess we don't have all that much here...:shrug:

has anyone else seen news that the UN gave the US 24 billion in oil money to use in Rebuilding of iraq?

have them take them to the recycling plant (if it's still standing) and force them to hand over what they make.

Sure, that's money that could otherwise go for food, but these lazy Iraqis need to start earning their keep in their occupied country. :sarcasm: