# White House doubles price tag for Iraq. We have to help. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605 "2003-09-04T21:25:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lonelocust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lonelocust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lonelocust)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/1 "2003-09-04T21:25:24Z")
Not that this should really surprise anyone, but [http://www.statesman.com/asection/content/auto/epaper/editions/thursday/news\_f3653ef8a4c5426c00be.html](http://www.statesman.com/asection/content/auto/epaper/editions/thursday/news_f3653ef8a4c5426c00be.html). There’s no going back. We’re chained and we all gotta pull. My suggestion: war, no wait, scratch that, **FREEDOM TAXES!!!** [ul] [li]Increase the tax on gasoline, maybe fifty cents or a dollar.[/li][li]And bottled water.[/li][li]Salty snacks maybe?[/li][li]Plywood[/li][/ul] If it was ever worth it, none of this should be too hard to swallow. So, what are your suggestions Dopers? And I’m aware that polling is better suited to IMHO but it seems any thead concerning Iraq will always end up in the Pit or GD. Mods, if this somehow remains civil please move as you see necessary. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/2 "2003-09-04T21:45:56Z")
Paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. ---
**Author:** ![MrTuffPaws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MrTuffPaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrTuffPaws)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/3 "2003-09-04T23:14:28Z")
How about Bush holds a fund raiser where US citizens can pay $500 to kick him squarely in the nuts. If Wolfowitz joins in, it would raise that much more. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/4 "2003-09-04T23:19:15Z")
If I had five hundred dollars, I’d pay for that. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/5 "2003-09-04T23:20:09Z")
Window tax! Window tax! Window tax! Window Tax! ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/6 "2003-09-04T23:35:20Z")
I guess they forgot to caryy the ‘1’ Whoopsie. ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/7 "2003-09-04T23:40:18Z")
And I forgot to preview. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/8 "2003-09-04T23:42:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrTuffPaws \* > \*\*How about Bush holds a fund raiser where US citizens can pay $500 to kick him squarely in the nuts. > > If Wolfowitz joins in, it would raise that much more. \*\* Most excellent idea. But does it _have_ to be restricted to US citizens? I’m just saying 😉 ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/9 "2003-09-04T23:46:35Z")
Only $500? I think people’d pay $10,000 or more for a nice boot to the Bush boyz… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/10 "2003-09-05T00:03:18Z")
Wonder how E-Bay will handle the bidding? ---
**Author:** ![Jerrybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerrybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerrybear)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/11 "2003-09-05T00:21:50Z")
I have a better idea! Let’s impeach Gee Dumbya, and do what we should have done in 2000…elect Ralph Nader! Then, our tax dollars will be used for worthwhile things like education and health care, instead of for death and destruction. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/12 "2003-09-05T00:25:44Z")
Don’t ever…_ever_…say that name in my presence again. _Ralph Na-der_ Slooooowly, I tuned…step by step…inch by inch… And as far as the OP goes, double? If only. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/13 "2003-09-05T00:26:58Z")
turned. Slowly I turned. You knew that, right? ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/14 "2003-09-05T00:32:07Z")
I’ll donate money if GWB donates half his campaign war chest for 2004. Which, given the amount of money he’s raised already, isn’t unreasonable. It’s not like he has any primary opponents. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/15 "2003-09-05T00:59:25Z")
How about a special assessment tax on **lonelocust** , **Elvis** , **MrTuffPaws** , **Guin** , **MC Master** , **NutWrench** twice, **RedFury** , **I Love Me** , **JerryBear** , and **elucidator** _three_ times, thanks for your contribution! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/16 "2003-09-05T01:54:23Z")
A tax on posts that claim a liberal conspiracy of the SDMB to ban conservatives would have made some bucks lately. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/17 "2003-09-05T02:05:23Z")
Institute a new tax on duct tape and plastic sheeting, then just call an Orange Alert every week or so. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/18 "2003-09-05T02:26:01Z")
We should never-ever-ever cut non-critical spending. Nope. The _only_ alternative is to raise taxes. ---
**Author:** ![diku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/19 "2003-09-05T02:46:44Z")
How about $500 to kick Brutus and Bush in the nuts? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605/20 "2003-09-05T02:51:14Z")
Must…resist…joke…already…have…enemies… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-doubles-price-tag-for-iraq-we-have-to-help/199605.md?page=2)