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House to vote on 90 percent tax for AIG bonuses
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| 03192009
| STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
Posted on 03/19/2009 6:57:28 AM PDT by EBH
Edited on 03/19/2009 7:34:42 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aig; aigbonuses; billofattainder; congressionaltyranny; fascism; taxes; taxincrease; taxincreases; yourtaxdollarsatwork
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To: Born In America
Any congressman that votes yea on this should be impeached from office. This is the kind of garbage they pull in Latin America (think Argentina). Not here.
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:47:37 AM PDT
by
chpmass
To: EBH
The government can not break a private contract. Period! It is against the Constitution.
82
posted on
03/19/2009 7:47:56 AM PDT
by
444Flyer
(Don't beLIEve Obama.............................Never give up, never give in, never give out!)
To: EBH
This is a lose/lose situation ...
83
posted on
03/19/2009 7:48:14 AM PDT
by
Scythian
To: varmintman
How is that not a bill of attainder or post-facto law or some such which were all expressly forbidden in the constitution and bill of rights?? Vman, vman, vman....you just don't understand. "The US Constitution is a flawed document"....so sprach Zer0.
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:48:39 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(The Capitol, the White House, the Court house.....................America's Axis of Evil!)
To: EBH
Is this a stand-alone bill or full of more pork projects?
Anyone see the text?
85
posted on
03/19/2009 7:48:42 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Are we there yet?)
To: eeevil conservative
If Obama were to sign this, I wonder if it won’t be the proverbial straw on the camel’s back....We can only hope.
86
posted on
03/19/2009 7:48:46 AM PDT
by
DTogo
(Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
To: 444Flyer
I agree. And using the IRS to effectively punish people is like something out of the mafia. Sick.
87
posted on
03/19/2009 7:51:48 AM PDT
by
chpmass
To: All
This is in debate on the floor NOW.
Call, Fax
This is critical to our real freedom.
88
posted on
03/19/2009 7:51:53 AM PDT
by
EBH
(The world is a balance between good & evil, your next choice will tip the scale.)
To: EBH
89
posted on
03/19/2009 7:52:36 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(Party like its 1773)
To: chpmass; All
This is series. Mark this day if this legislationis passed. Our reprensentatives will be telling us if they pass this, our laws do not matter. The citizens of this country will be at risk. As another poster has said, time to lock and load. This is going to get ugly....
90
posted on
03/19/2009 7:52:52 AM PDT
by
Born In America
("O.B.A.M.A.: One Big A** Mistake, America....")
To: EBH
If anybody is watching live can you give up cubicle bound some updates please.
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:53:54 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(Party like its 1773)
To: boxerblues
Ha! Ha!
No more blaming Bush, now in the Congressional Record.
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:55:54 AM PDT
by
EBH
(The world is a balance between good & evil, your next choice will tip the scale.)
To: Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; Allerious; ...
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:55:59 AM PDT
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: EBH
Political maneuvering is more important than the Constitution or contract law.
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:56:24 AM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: boxerblues
Looks like Republicans are trying to hold their feet to the fire.
Draw back is Republicans have crafted a bill to recoup this money too.
95
posted on
03/19/2009 7:57:14 AM PDT
by
EBH
(The world is a balance between good & evil, your next choice will tip the scale.)
My gut feeling is this is just a grand staging event probably planned from the beginning if anyone caught onto to their shenanigans. Basically the Democrats are not going to screw AIG because they have been helping to fund the Democrats through donations etc., and keeping the housing fraud going. My gut feeling on this is that the AIG executives that got the AIG bonuses will not pay a dime of taxes on their bonuses because will be a bunch of loop holes built into the bill and because the Democrats have already talked to them about tax deductions and loop holes etc. Again my gut feeling is that this is all grand staging to make the narrow minded Obamanots to keep believing that the democrats are for the working class and are going to stick it to the rich. More likely if the AIG exeecutives probably won't pay their taxes just like most of the Democratic politicians don't pay there taxes.
To: spodefly
Obama/Congress good. Corporations bad. That’s all the sheeple want to know.
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:57:39 AM PDT
by
chpmass
To: EBH
Who needs a Constitution, they’ve got an agenda!
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posted on
03/19/2009 7:58:17 AM PDT
by
SmithL
(The Golden State demands all of your gold)
To: EBH
No more blaming Bush, now in the Congressional Record
What a joke this country has become, its Idol time in DC
99
posted on
03/19/2009 8:02:15 AM PDT
by
boxerblues
(Party like its 1773)
To: EBH
Sherman is talking about coming back next week and dealing with all executive compensation.
Second they want to change meanings of bonus & commissions.
Employee of the week prize payments!!!!
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posted on
03/19/2009 8:02:37 AM PDT
by
EBH
(The world is a balance between good & evil, your next choice will tip the scale.)
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