Right, lets get out of academia for a second and into the real world. IF you were an AIG employee and Congress just passed a bill taxing your bonus 90%, would you spend it? When the IRS is knocking at your door with handcuffs are you going to hold up a print out of the Constitution. EF
Really? By not directly addressing their perfectly reasonable questions? Rangel came off sounding like a crook to me.
haines was pointing out a potential conflict of interest. rangel getting investigated for tax violations and yet he's out there changing the tax code. to his half assed defense,these are just allegations but serious one's and i would hope that those who brought it to light can back it up;
Jabba the Haines is a self-righteous blowhard (not that Rangel isn't) but Haines choose to take the conversation to something irrelevant with regard to the "bonus Tax," and got his ass handed to him as a result. Rangel is chairman of Ways and Mean...WFT else is he supposed to be talking other than tax policy?
I didn't see any ass-handing; I saw guilt and avoidance of a direct question. Truly innocent people are quick to defend themselves in a clear non-legalease manner...I didn't see that, either.
Glad to see most AIG employees going to give back those bonuses that they do not deserve in the first place. Now government wonât have to pass law to take back bonuses.