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Old 03-23-2009, 07:13 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by khfreek View Post
At least I'm asking...
yeah, it wasn't the question. The constitution bars passing laws to punish past actions.

The thing you have to know is that the Obama White House is above all things politically savvy (read cunning without the pajoritive nature). To tax a bonus is only seen as "punishment" by the Republicans. There isn't any criminalization given to anyone who's taken a bonus.

The arguments here are going to be so specific, it will be the linguistical equivelent of a sword fight with splinters. You won't see heroic swipe of amazing rhetoric, this one will be ground out in a war of attrition in the darkest of cloak rooms in the supreme court and in the halls of congress.
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