Comments on: House passes 90% tax on AIG bonuses

By: Confessions of a Pilgrim - House passes Bill of Attainder…and then there were 87

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:54:39 +0000

[...] the Constitutionally Challenged House of Representatives have passed their Bill of Attainder 328-93. Of the 93 nays were 87 Republicans. Boehner was one of the 87 Republicans . Eric Cantor, the [...]

By: sethstorm

sethstorm — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:04:38 +0000

After this, AIG will only be able to hire citizens of other countries, who are outside of our Congress’ reach.

LarryD on March 20, 2009 at 12:28 PM

But not out of the reach of our military.

By: sethstorm

sethstorm — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:04:05 +0000

House passes 90% tax on AIG bonuses

Nothing wrong with that.

wade underhile on March 20, 2009 at 2:40 PM
There's no place on the planet that the government can't find you and reclaim what is rightfully theirs.

By: wade underhile

wade underhile — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:40:44 +0000

this is great news now the goverment in all her stupidity is coming after us by name using the tax laws as a weapon.and the stupid masses want more of this.libs are like the jim jones followers except now you are drinking the koolaid ,all i can say is bottoms up jerks.if i owned a big company in america i would move out ,i hope aig moves to canada.when you threaten to kill somebody because he got a bonus ,what are they going to do next year when you get a christmas bonus.any company with a brain would now cancel every bonus from now on so as to protect them selves from the press.

By: LarryD

LarryD — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:28:37 +0000

I’d feel more concerned about 90% ex post facto taxes if those weren’t the same bozos who ran the outfit into a crater.

pedestrian on March 19, 2009 at 6:31 PM

They aren’t the same “bozos”, they’re from a different division and they’re the ones cleaning up the mess.

After this, AIG will only be able to hire citizens of other countries, who are outside of our Congress’ reach.

By: redneckrick

redneckrick — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:11:53 +0000

I just fired off an e-mail to Walter Jones about how proud he must be for sticking it to those guys at AIG. I did mention how he trampled the Constitution, Article 1 Section 9, No Bill of Attainer or ex post facto Law shall be passed, to do it. If he didn’t have a copy of the Constitution I would be glad to sent one.

By: ladyingray

ladyingray — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:21:04 +0000

sheesh on March 20, 2009 at 8:36 AM

Blaming others for your problems or mistakes is classic passive-aggressive behavior.

By: Grafted

Grafted — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:03:18 +0000

These people are like the damn inmates running the asylum. NO DAMN MORE!!!!! Do we have the stones to fix this or not?

Gulfcoastconservative on March 19, 2009 at 8:39 PM

Unfortunately, I really don’t think we do. We have become so complacent and some incredibly destructive things are going to destroy our once great nation.

Unless, of course, if the miracle of great action by true patriots does happen.

By: MaiDee

MaiDee — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:19:17 +0000

First let me make it clear that any corporate executive cockroach that takes bonuses (Merrill Lynch was even worse) either with bailout money or when they know their company is soon to go bankrupt, should be unceremoniously hung from the nearest lamp post.

But having said that I have nothing but contempt for Democrasts and Democrat-Lites (RINO Republicans) who voted for this legislation.

1 It is obviously unconstitutional (bill of attainder) since it is an after-the-fact punishment tax.
2 It shifts the blame from the Democrats good buddies at AIG squarely onto AIGs shoulders where the Democrats (who for years have accepted bribes-er “campaign contributions” from) can now accuse these executives of greed and make pious and pompous speeches about “corporate criminals.”
3 But mainly it is diversionary tactic to direct attention away from a $170 billion boondoggle by concentrating on a miniscule (.001) portion of it.
4 By excoriating greedy AIG leaders you also divert attention from the fact that Chris Dodd (chief recipient of AIG corporate contributions ($103,100) repaid his buddies by putting corporate bonuses back into the rescue bailout and then blamed the White House for pressuring him when caught flat footed in a lie.

The truth is that AIG executives and Democratic congressmen were partners in crime not only for the ludicrous bailouts but for our current economic crisis.

By: hawksruleva

hawksruleva — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:18:02 +0000

Dammit – Eric Cantor voted for it? Is he trying to be just another greedy self-serving Congressman?

I’m tired of the GOP trying to “get out in front of the outrage” as opposed to admitting that Congress should’ve done a better job if they wanted to prevent bonuses.

By: Angry Dumbo

Angry Dumbo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:05:19 +0000

Into the way back machine: 2005, Congress passes an apparently unconstitutional bill to mollify an angry public and later lives to regret it.

Things must look really bleak for Congress to be pulling this kind of stuff.

More reason why taxpayers should be more than a little scared. : )))

http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/20/morning-bell-taxpayers-should-be-more-than-a-little-scared/

By: mixplix

mixplix — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:50:06 +0000

Wouldn’t be nice if we the people had the power to edit the 8000 pork items.

By: True_King

True_King — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:36:22 +0000

Initially I thought the tax would be a nifty way out of the bill of attainder problem, but Tom Maguire makes a sterling point about precedents. First they came for the bonuses…

That surprises me Allah, I thought you would clearly see that this is unconstitutional.

What is really bothersome is not only that this law specific individuals and is expost facto, but that so many Republicans supported this.

When are the people here going to understand that both parties are screwing us and to have faith in the current two parties is simply a road to socialism.

By: Obama sans Teleprompter: not pretty - UPDATED | The Anchoress

Obama sans Teleprompter: not pretty - UPDATED | The Anchoress — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:35:03 +0000

[...] his office to sell a book’?) should donate some of the proceeds of his advance, say…I dunno, 90% – to the Special Olympics, to show he doesn’t really think that it’s okay to joke about [...]

By: Pitchforks Pithe At Bonusgate As Obama Jokes On Tonight Show « Quipster

Pitchforks Pithe At Bonusgate As Obama Jokes On Tonight Show « Quipster — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:04:51 +0000

[...] bailout to private companies who commandeered their own problems, specifically AIG, House passes 90% tax on AIG bonuses. That’s right. Congress will just tax it right back out of their grubby [...]

By: hawksruleva

hawksruleva — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:50:41 +0000

Wow. This is great. It’s a win-win for Congress. They get to “express their outrage”, and either the courts will strike it down as unconstitutional, or it’ll be upheld, and they’ll be able to tax anybody they don’t like.

By: The Biggest CYA Evah « Beltway Snark

The Biggest CYA Evah « Beltway Snark — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:38:45 +0000

[...] wildly unconstitutional and would never stand up in a court of law, we have to do something to deflect from the fact that this is all our [...]

By: sheesh

sheesh — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:36:55 +0000

I have decided that Obama manages by distraction. It’s all he knows. It’s all he blamed others for while he was campaigning, and now it’s all his office is manufacturing. The American people are falling for it too. If they continue to create distractions with Rush, Santelli, Cramer, faux AIG bonus outrage, we’ll never be able to track how really poorly he’s performing as a president. Brilliant strategy, actually. The sheeple continue to have the wool pulled over their eyes.

By: Mr. Joe

Mr. Joe — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:25:37 +0000

Yeah, Obama should not make fun of the Special Olympics. But Obama did say "Tim Geithner, you are doing a heck of a job!" Nuiance! It is not faux outrage over stupid things Democrats say, is is real outrage over their hypocrisy that needs to be called out. Maybe Allah will go back to Patterico (or maybe even Protein Wisdom) and no be so outraged as explain what Obama's intent was.

By: right4life

right4life — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:53:49 +0000

athensboy on March 20, 2009 at 7:23 AM

I’m surprised to see you welfare-queen democRATs up so early! so bush broke the country huh?? did he run up TRILLION DOLLAR deficits hmmmmm??? you’re beyond stupid…if you RATs were so worried about deficits why didn’t you CUT SPENDING??? hmmmm?? oh because you have to pay off the leech democRAT groups like ACORN that got your savior elected.

I jus hope idiots like you suffer the most under obama…and I hope you live in NYC or DC when our new ‘friends’ the iranians NUKE IT.

have a nice day, retard.

By: athensboy

athensboy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:23:36 +0000

There you go goopers, some of your own people voted for this.So as you slam the Democrats you better save some powder for your own party. People aren’t mad at the Democrats, their mad at Wall Street greed. Bush broke the country, Obama and the Democrats will put it back together without your help. Go listen to Rush, he is your brain.

By: johnnyU

johnnyU — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:27:10 +0000

oh and I want their names still, just for the record. That I hope comes with the law, you know, a recipients list?

By: johnnyU

johnnyU — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:26:26 +0000

yep. Signing crap they didnt read just cost us all this extra work and money. Sure isnt how I’d run my business. I wouldnt be in business long, I can tell you that.

By: Dollayo

Dollayo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:38:15 +0000

90% huh? So in other words they get to keep 10% of the bonus or $14,600,000 of taxpayer money because democrats don’t read the laws they vote for. Of course, this is only true if this special tax is not ruled unconstitutional. The actual cost to taxpayers will also include legal fees, win or lose, as well as the salaries of congres to spend time debating and voting on this special tax.

By: Gohawgs

Gohawgs — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:21:47 +0000

Not only did half of the Repubs in the House vote to take the legally contracted bonus money away, my LIBERAL as can be “Representative” voted to let the bonuses stand. It also dropped 25 degrees here today.

RULE OF LAW people, RULE OF LAW!!!

NOT rule of convenience…NOR rule of MOB