Congress Passes Bill That May Not Be Constitutional: Is This Really the Best Way to Deal With Golden Parachutes?

The House of Representatives passed a bill that severely taxes those companies that accept federal bailouts on one hand but pay out golden parachutes (bonuses) to their past and present executives on the other. The bill is designed to address public anger over AIG and other companies paying out millions of dollars to the people that got us into this mess in the first place.

While I think that the companies have earned the public black eye that they've gotten over the last few weeks, the measure passed in the House may not pass Constitutional muster. Hasn't the Constitution been shredded enough over the last eight years? Has anyone even heard of "due process" in Congress? And targeted severe taxes on specific companies and not any others, which is prohibited in the Constitution as a "bill of attainder?"

The Democratic Congress and the Administration are messing things up good. They're acting quite hastily, and the kind of legislation born in haste usually ends up being really bad legislation.

I disagree with any measure taken by Congress that violates the Constitution.

Dr. Death Running for Congress Under Banner of 9th Amendment: There Goes the Neighborhood

"Dr. Death" Jack Kevorkian announced his candidacy for a seat in Congress as an independent.

I couldn't be more opposed to a candidacy than this one. I hope the voters of the 9th Congressional District of Michigan keep this man out of Congress. He's a one-issue candidate whose only claim to fame is killing 130 people. And the only reason he got out of prison is that he was supposedly dying.

I think he should stay on the public speaking circuit instead of getting onto the taxpayer payroll.

Congress is enough of a circus without Dr. Death adding his two cents.