[goldstategop]

They're not allowed to prevent an oil company from passing on the cost of a tax to consumers. Its an impairment of contract and is unconstitutional. DUH But try explaining logic and economic facts to the proponents of the Punitive Tax, Proposition 87.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[calcowgirl]

Off Topic... this one is too hard to excerpt for a meaningful thread, but I think you'd enjoy it. Jill Stewart with Jerry Brown--unplugged, lol.

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009089

[17th Miss Regt]

They're not allowed to prevent an oil company from passing on the cost of a tax to consumers. Its an impairment of contract and is unconstitutional.

By requiring that the tax not be passed on to the consumers, but rather come out of the pockets of the oil companies, it is a bill of attainder. Actually, it is a bill of pains and penalties, but the attainder clause was clearly meant to cover bills of pains and penalties as well.