Government Taxing Bonuses To Get Their “Fix”
Today, in yet another show of outrage resulting from corporate “greed” epitomized by the AIG bonusgate, the Democrat led House passed a bill that would tax employee bonuses at companies that received government assistance.
Frankly, I don’t give a damn about AIG handing out bonuses to their execs. It’s about as logical as blaming an addict for indulging in his/her drug of choice if given money knowing full well of their addiction. But in this case, it was the government that forced us to give the addict money and now the same government has the audacity to blame the addict! On top of blame the government is willing to punish the addict including anyone who might enjoy a cigarette or a couple beers responsibly on occassion “for our sake”.
Now Treasury Secretary Tim “Turbo Tax” Geithner came up with the idea to give the addict money in the first place and Obama continues to defend the man’s actions. Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) knew the addict was going to get a fix and helped make it happen. And House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) now feels justified in making an example of anyone close to being an addict.
Anyone else see something wrong with this story besides the poor substance abuse addiction analogy?
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