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House Passes a Big Tax on AIG Bonuses Amid Bipartisan Outrage

Posted March 19, 2009

The Senate Finance Committee is preparing similar legislation, and action on the floor could be possible by the end of the week.

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tax on AIG bonuses

The bonuses were legal. Ex post facto laws and bill of attainder are not. It is our congress members who are miscreants.

AIG bonus taxes

Don't stop there. Create a special tax bracket for all management miscreants who defrauded stockholders, customers, employees and America.

If convicted of a white collar felony, put them in a special tax bracket that taxes all income over $15,000 at 90%. Let them live out their lives in poverty next to their victims.

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