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To: MissouriConservative

Isn’t this like a bill of attainder? Passing a bill that specifically declares one industry (oil) to be taxed differently than others?


5 posted on 05/13/2011 4:02:11 PM PDT by WayneH (STCM USN Retired - Winning the Future - WTF)
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To: WayneH
Isn’t this like a bill of attainder? Passing a bill that specifically declares one industry (oil) to be taxed differently than others?

Not just one specific industry, but a few companies singled out within it. So that brings equal protection clause questions as well.

I wonder if anyone in DC who was not a tourist has read the Constitution?

27 posted on 05/14/2011 4:17:57 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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