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Influential US lawmakers on Thursday called for levying a new income tax to pay for the war in Afghanistan, warning its costs pose a mortal threat to efforts like a sweeping health care overhaul.
“Regardless of whether one favors the war or not, if it is to be fought, it ought to be paid for,” the lawmakers, all prominent Democratic allies of President Barack Obama, said in a joint statement.
The proposed “Share The Sacrifice Act of 2010” came with Obama set to announce within weeks his decision on whether to send more US troops to fight the war, now in its ninth year.
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