Tough talk is cheap, and so are votes to go to war if lawmakers and most of their constituents don't suffer any consequences, said Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) in an interview with The Huffington Post last week.
Rangel called for a military draft and a war tax in order to make the majority of Americans—and the lawmakers who represent them—"feel" the consequences of the ongoing military campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
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