EIGHTY FIVE REPUBLICANS in the house voted to RAISE TAXES today!!!!!

[spanone]

i just love saying that........the vote was 328 to 93



WASHINGTON — Spurred on by a tidal wave of public anger over bonuses paid to executives of the foundering American International Group, the House voted 328 to 93 on Thursday to get back most of the money by levying a 90 percent tax on it.

The measure easily surpassed a procedural hurdle requiring a two-thirds majority vote, thanks to considerable Republican support. The Senate will consider a roughly similar measure, perhaps next week. If something is approved in that chamber the House and Senate versions would have to be reconciled, so prospects for final passage of a bill are unclear.

But there was no doubt after the House vote that the lawmakers were keenly aware of their constituents’ anger, which was focused on A.I.G., although the House measure would apply to executives of any company getting more than $5 billion in federal bailout money.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/business/20bailout.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2009&rollnumber=143

[BlueDogMizzou]

1. Big "F"ing deal

These executives are the same ones who have all kinds of tax shelters in which to hide their money. They'll never pay a penny of this money, besides a large portion is being paid by AIG.

Think about the irony, WE own AIG and we are paying taxes on money WE gave to the executives at AIG.

Friggin' INCREDIBLE!!!

[Fovea]

2. Yeah, but their names are slowly

making their way to the light of day.

Money can't buy you sleep.

[TahitiNut]

3. Yup. They voted for the highest marginal tax rate on income in decades.

Alert Grover Norquist. :rofl:

[spanone]

4. i want them to be reminded over and over and over...tax cuts are all they have

now they have N O T H I N G

[TahitiNut]

5. The DCCC should be cranking out the 2010 ads for each one of them right now.

:rofl:

[JuniperLea]

6. I knew there was something strange in the air today!

[chollybocker]

7. And the Airport in Hell (HOT) was closed today due to snow squalls.

LOL. Another GOP domino falls.

[chollybocker]

8. (ctr-Z)

[spanone]

9. they blame dems for raising taxes when the truth is bu$h* put in the expiration dates

[dflprincess]

10. One of the entertaining things about this whole AIG thing

has been listening to Republicans complain about greed. :rofl: