Welch v. Henery “In the absence of any facts tending to show that the taxing act, in its purpose or effect, is a hostile or oppressive discrimination against the recipients of dividends who have been hitherto fortunate enough to escape all taxation we cannot say the taxing statute denies equal protection”

Therefore by showing hostility or oppressive discrimination against the recipient the tax would be unconstitutional on the basis of failing the rights to equal protection and due process.

“In the 1994 opinion United States v. Carlton, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that retroactive tax laws did not violate the constitutional prohibition on ex post facto legislation.”

Now that’s good reason for us to quake in our boots … imagine a retroactive tax increase for all of us to fund this idiot administration’s social welfare programs. How about rescinding the Bush tax cuts and making all citizens file amended returns for the past 3 years? That would be just as legal. Holy Shit!!

This is one for the courts and I suspect it will go there….

Very few of these politicians realize they work for us, not the inverse. This country is, and rightfully so, on the verge of a violent revolution.

I’m in….

NM Patriot :gun: :gun:

In regards to the vote to tax AIG bonuses you failed to stay on principal. All I ask is for my representatives to act on the principals of our Constitution laid out by our founders. Article 1 Sect 9 of the United States Constitution states:

No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

You have set a dangerous precendent outside the boundaries of our Constitution by enacting law that is a violation of this very article. We now have lost another freedom our founders thought were essential. I am frustrated by the blatant disregard of the principals laid out by our founders in regards to the limitations placed on our Federal government.

As angry as I am about the bonuses it pales in comparison to the failures of our government in regards to both our Constitution and our tax dollars. Chris Dodd lied to the American people when he denied knowing anything about the stimulus containing a section that protected the bonuses and then eventually admits to it. Will he be held accoutable? I doubt it.

You also voted for the TARP fund instead of forcing AIG and other buisnesses to file for bankruptsy. Now we are dealing with the fiasco CREATED by our government that has resulted in hundreds of millions in bonuses and 58 billion in taxpayers money being filtered through AIG to Euopean banks WITHOUT our consent or knowledge and trillions more in failed buisnesses. Now our grandchildren will be burden with our mistakes.

I simply will not support anyone, Rep or Dem if they will not uphold the very articles of the Constitution as you had sworn to do upon taking office. You sir, have let down the American people and most of all your constituents.

Sincerely,

im done with both parties. i say we just start a new one. trial and error for a while with a new party would be better than the two already “established” parties consistently screwing up.