War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.
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America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.
If we're not going to tax the rich anymore, we're going to create class warfare.
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.
In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
You know what isn't class warfare? Progressive taxation, as in, say, expecting billionaires to pay at least as much in taxes as their secretaries. Ideally, in fact, they should pay more.
Rich people never go to war. You ask a college kid to go to war, and he's like, 'Umm, I'm taking this sociology class, and I think war is, like, really stupid, and my roommate's, like, half Afghani, so it's going to cause some static.'
I hear all this, you know, 'Well, this is class warfare, this is whatever.' No. There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own - nobody.
When your country is in a costly war, with our soldiers sacrificing abroad and our nation facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn't class warfare - it's patriotism.