Am I Callous?

Increasing the death benefit to our soldiers is long overdue. It’s one of those ideas about which all of our politicians will wax eloquent. Yet, it’s another case of not thinking through the costs of this really good idea.

The cost for the casualties to date in Iraq alone is about $350,000,000. A drop in the bucket surely. But it’s something that should be funded without taking funds away from another equally deserving idea. It’s just another reason not to make the Bush tax cuts permanent.