Levin: War Tax ‘Probably Not’ Going To Happen During Recession Appearing on Face The Nation, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) downplayed the idea of a war tax. “In the middle of a recession we’re probably not going to be able to increase taxes to pay for it,” said Levin. “There should have been, as far as I’m concerned, tax increases for upper bracket folks who did so well during the Bush years – that’s where the tax increases should have taken place. But that should have happened some time ago.”
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