Today, our House of Representatives passed (in record time) a bill to tax at 90% any bonus paid in excess of $250K for any employees of companies receiving at least $5 billion in bail-out funds.
Every House member takes this oath prior to being seated:
"I, (name of Member), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."
The Constitution of the United States, Article 1, Section 9 reads, in part:
No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
The representatives who supported this bill, that clearly violates at least two of the Constitutional provisions, either haven't read the document, don't understand what it says, or simply don't care. In any case, they have violated their oath, and should be sent home.
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