On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > No, for now the program is not illegal. OK, agreed. We'll see how it plays out. > I never said anything about fair and you are shifting targets now. The > change in the tax rates are being done in an open legislative process. > You can call it whatever you like, I don't care. But it is not secret > and it is being debated over in both the public sphere and the > legislative sphere, both of which you have recourse to. Secrecy is not the issue. Abuse of power is the issue. In fact, isn't it far worse when the government openly punishes a select group of people - not only punishes them but actively encourages the public to get behind the punishment? The top 2% of taxpayers - isn't that several million people who will be affected? Why are we allowing the government to selectively punish several million people? And how far is it from punishing the top 2% to the top 10%, to everyone over the median wage? Not very far. Obama is using the economic mess to push a socialist legislative agenda he would have pushed regardless. His demagoguery toward capitalism generally and Wall Street specifically are taking a huge toll on the economy, and he seems to not care in the slightest that he is strangling the golden goose with his rhetoric and his agenda. > Unlike, say, > the warrantless wire tap program. I don't support Obama having the > power to raise your tax rates without any checks or balances, in > secret, by executive order that is itself secret, selectively on > individuals with severe penalties for anyone that knows about the tax > program talking about the existence of the tax program. Happy? > I don't like the program but I understand the need for it, and the secrecy surrounding it to some extent. I would be interested in knowing if members of Congress like Jane Harmon were ever briefed on the stuff with journalists. If not, that deserves a further look. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:290514 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
