[StBernard] Word from Washington: Rep. Melancon Votes to RecoverTaxpayer Dollars Used for Corporate Bonuses

[Westley Annis]

John,

I have to say, I wasn't sure if the Equal Protection Clause was a state or
federal law, but I was thinking the same thing. The biggest question for me
now is, would this go into civil courts or tax court?

Regardless, targeting the recipients is aiming for the wrong guy. They
struck the best deal they could, assuming there was even much negotiation
over these contracts. Who, at AIG, authorized these contracts?

Hell, I just did a measly $1500 job that had to get three people to sign off
on it to be approved. How many people had to sign off to approve the $165
million?

Again, I don't blame the recipients, they only did what you or I would do.
You have to blame the people at AIG who signed off on it.

Westley

-----Original Message-----
I watched and listened to a retired federal judge the other day say a
lawsuit filed against this action by Congress will succeed even with the
most liberal of federal judges.  He said the bill would be a clear violation
of the Equal Protection Clause because it singles out bonuses only in one
area of the job market.  The fact that the bill only targets TARP money
funded bonuses makes no difference because there were no stipulations
pointed out in the contract between the feds and AIG.  It also violates the
Constitution on grounds of excessive taxation (without representation).
Wasn't that the motto of our founding fathers?

I agree with Glenn Beck on this...just about every member of Congress looks
bad on this because either (A) they are lying to us all when they say they
didn't know this was part of the agreement our "Tax Cheat" Treasury
Secretary worked out with AIG - which means members of Congress DID NOT READ
IT when they lead us on that they did, or (B) they are all a bunch of
incompetent idiots.

So, which are they..A  or  B ?  And hell, which is worse?

The solution...as Dave Ramsey says all the time on his radio show...Term
Limits, Term Limits, Term Limits, Term Limits, Term Limits.

John