Buckoux

Too Big to Fail: Now It Gets Interesting

On principle, I just can't stand you unthinking people who advocate the use of the taxing powers of government to "punish" whatever YOU think is wrongdoing. The Boston Tea Party was the result of just such behavior by the government of King George III upon the American colonists. Why can't you "state-ists" understand that? Government has the power and the DUTY to regulate financial behavior BEFORE harm comes to the citizens it governs and not "punish" otherwise lawful behavior AFTER the fact because a few of you Bozo's out there don't like the result of governments laziness. I do think that these pay schemes are as obscene as you do, but they were not illegal at the time nor taxable after the fact. In fact, "government" was guarding the till with the cash-drawer opened wide and these people helped themselves. Why don't you people ever want to "fire" the government that allows such behavior in the first place. It would save us all a lot of time, aggravation, and most of all MONEY while, more importantly, preserving our freedoms.


On Oct 23 01:07 PM notevipr wrote:

I suggest that a special tax be put on
> people who have profited to the extreme, such as the 100 million
> to a trader at AIG.