Put your money where your mouth is

Do you believe we should work to lower the deficit?
Do you support a troop surge in Afghanistan (estimated at $1M per solider / per year)? Great.

Now pay for it.

Dubbed the “Share the Sacrifice Act,” the six-page bill exempts anyone who has served in Iraq or Afghanistan since the 2001 terrorist attacks as well as families who have lost an immediate relative in the fighting. But middle-class households earning between $30,000 and $150,000 would be asked to pay 1% on top of their tax liability today — a more sweeping approach than many Democrats have been willing to embrace.

Hat tip to Matthew Yglesias at ThinkProgress. Read the full post here.