Someone finally got smart

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298922,00.html

Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin suggests Americans should be compelled to pay for the war in Iraq through a 'surtax'

I love the concept. (although this particular use of the idea is just another way to tack additional tax on people)

But I've been wishing for YEARS that people actually recognized what they were paying in taxes, and what for.

I LOVE the concept of having direct taxation for specific government expenditures. Nothing will get people to pull their heads out of their asses quicker than actually seeing the money go.... And along those lines, the only way to make SURE people know how much of their hard earned money they are sending to uncle sam, we should END the practice of WITHHOLDING.

If people had to pull out their checkbook and WRITE A CHECK every April 15th, I am beyond confident that they'd finally get outraged over our excessive tax burden. No more of ghost taxes that come out of your paycheck and you never see. Its time people got a better perspective of just how much they are sending in by letting them ACTUALLY take possesion of ALL their income and have to write that FAT check at the end of the year to their parasite of a government.