Admitting that they are punishing these guys by confiscatory taxes? Oh to be one of the AIG employee lawyers. Such a slam dunk case because congressmen take such glee in admitting that this was a bill punishing individuals without due process.
You know.. With all the quotes and video and such of all these Congressmen in our media if these AIG folks DON’T win in their court cases it will be a clear indication that our SCOTUS is just as messed up as the rest of our Federal Government at this point...
I spent some time over on DU tonight just to see what the reaction was. I didn’t see one post about “Bill of Attainder” laws(not that it surprises me). What I did see was the liberals saying - well 90% taxation is OBVIOUSLY legal! The ONLY thing I saw one person hesitate about was the fact that this is a retroactive law...
Likewise, there was no discussion about employer/employee contracts, etc... etc... It just amazes me that these people claim to be so knowledgeable about our Constitution, and give so much lip service to the abuses supposedly committed by Bush, but when it really comes down to it they either have NO CLUE what they are talking about unless someone else TELLS them they should be upset (those are the useful idiots). For every handful of useful idiots we run across among the liberals there are at least 1 among them that know EXACTLY what they’re doing, and are PURPOSEFULLY not even whispering about the problems they may face on this legally.