"At a time when we're fighting two wars and facing a serious deficit, this would have been an inexcusable waste of money.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

What McCaffery points out is that the only time the government in the United States has ever been able to impose high taxes on wealthy people was during wars.

麦卡弗里指出,美国政府向富有人群征收,高额赋税的情况,仅发生在战争时期。

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on the contrary." The new government believes territorial concessions only led to terrorism and wars and that it is time for a new approach.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

He also spent some time in Liberia during the civil wars there.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29