Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke on Monday proposed taxing a...
FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke delivers a speech during the SC Democratic Convention in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., June 22, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
The former congressman from Texas unveiled a plan for military veterans that includes a “war tax,” in which taxpayers who earn over $200,000 a year would pay $1,000 in a new tax for each war embarked on by the United States. The money raised from the war tax would be deposited into a newly created Veterans Health Care Trust Fund, which would be created at the start of each new war and be used to support veterans’ healthcare, disability and other medical needs when they return from conflict, O’Rourke said.struggled to gain traction in opinion polls among Democratic contenders, to improve services for military veterans.
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