On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Then Charlie implied that Obama was somehow doing this as well by > erroneously accusing him of supporting taxing the AIG bonuses which he > doesn't. > Just a point of clarification. I didn't imply that Obama was "doing this as well". You may have inferred it. The House has passed the bill. Whether it goes any further or not... we don't know yet. But right now, it's out there and it's not dead. You've gone on record as saying Obama, as POTUS, is ultimately responsible for what happens. There's a bill out there right now that targets specific individuals because members of government dislike the amount of money they're making. Now, let's not go off on a tangent about whether or not these executives should get their money. For the sake of this particular argument, doesn't matter. Legally and contractually, they are owed the money. That's why this business of the 90% tax came about. Because there was no legal way to stop them from collecting the money. So the government got creative and targeted these people who did nothing wrong legally (again, in the specific case of collecting their bonus). If the bill dies, moot point. But as of now, it's very much alive. And if it does not die, I'm curious as to whether or not those that were so vocal about unconstitutional actions occurring under Bush are going to be just as vocal. (FWIW, I think the whole thing's silly. This sums it up nicely (and is one of the reasons I love xkcd): http://xkcd.com/558/) -- I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:293056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
