[EBH]

No matter what you may think of the AIG bounuses.

This is government using TAXES as punishment!

[massgopguy]

BURN IN HELL RANGEL!

[TexasCajun]

How about congress returning their salaries to the taxpayers! ...both parties!

[erkyl]

Yes, but I’m glad to see at least they were including Fannie and Freddie in the punishment. I figured they would have protected them.

[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??

[Jim Noble]

Lawmakers rushed to the microphones after word of the bonuses was leaked out

How about we start charging them for using "our" microphones?

[VRWCTexan]

I hope and pray that there is at least a handful of AIG employees that will take this to court and have the Supremes decide if it passes constitutional muster

[Caipirabob]

This is tyranny, period. I don't care what the circumstances are. We have similar contracts in our industry under different circumstances, however they are basically the same concept!

I have major problems but they are directed at CONGRESS FOR CREATING THIS SITUATION TO BEGIN WITH!

People are being duped and misdirected with this issue altogether. It's extremely dangerous.

[Mercat]

Isn’t there something in the Constitution about ex post facto laws and bills of attainer?

[DesertRhino]

Watch the AIG BONUSES! LOOK, they are 165 MILLION!!!!!
And please pay no attention to the 170 billion in taxes that Obama is channeling to foreigners through AIG.

THE BONUSES,,THATS ALL THAT MATTERS!!!!!!

[jim_trent]

Since when do State taxes take only 20%. It looks to me like anyone taking a bonus will be in the hole.

[edcoil]

According the Senator Dodd, the President had him change the law to make sure these bonus's were paid so AIG was within the law - so the government is punishing those obeying the law.

What party is in power doing this>

[mad_as_he$$]

The exact reason there will never be a Fair Tax. They will not give up the ability to punish and reward as they see fit.

[Kakaze]

Today, its AIG, tomorrow its all of us, this is just the start!

[madison10]

Wrong on so many levels. Extortion by the U.S. government.

[waxer1]

I cannot believe people are screaming about 165 million when the govt. is shafting us for trillions of dollars.

God, I wish I was as ignorant as the rest of the american public.

This is a bill of attainder. The very idea that they are attempting this is outragous.

Our govt has absolutely turned into the enemy.

[PzLdr]

Have ANY of these Bozos ever heard of the phrase “Bill of Attainder”?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ex post facto ?

[mortal19440]

“We figured that the local and state governments would take care of the other 10 percent,” said Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.

Pay your own taxes you asshat.

[mainerforglobalwarming]

Eventually the government will tie in road construction, homeland security expenses whatever into government funding and bailouts of businesses. And the left wing courts will go along with it. So I expect there to be a 90% tax in place if Obama wins reelection and the illegals are fast tracked to citizenship.

[kidd]

Anyone with any talent at all would be a fool to work for a company that took bailout money.