For those pissed at th AIG bonuses

[RIJIMMY]

swimmer, slip, big fish, mike P,

If you look at the tone of my posts, I am raising topics for consideration, not saying its how I feel. Think them through. I am not saying carpenters are the same as AIG. I am saying if you spend money to bailout, look at the consequences for your actions. I assume construction and others will get overtime as a result of the stimulus, no? So is that greed? Is that sacrifice? Thats what Obama is using against Wall St. For the record - I do not think the AIG bonuses were paid only to execs, they were across the board and that fact is being manilpulated for political purposes.
MikeP - I suggested looking at the state pensions and other state expenses as way to avoid the gas tax. In this economy we should look at saving and not taxing. State workers receive benefits that 99% of the population do not receive, and as state employees I and ever other taxpayer has a right to have an opinion. I have had a cut in my pay, my benefits due to the currect reccession, and if I now have to pay more money on gas, I think its a vialble option that the state reduce its expenses and that may mean impacting state workers. Sorry

[Fishpart]

If thegovernment takes the bonuses back, nothing will be sacred. That means they have set the precedent that they can and will sieze any and all assets.

We need to be ready when the O-bots come knocking on the door.

[Slipknot]

Jimmy, I know what you are saying but your comparison is all wrong, not even close. First of all, if and only if any large construction companies get any bailout money - that is a stretch to say that workers will be paid overtime with that money, even if they do spend some on overtime pay for one reason or another, so what? they worked hard for it and over 40 hours pr whatever, it's nothing at all like a bonus whatsoever. I thought a bonus was paid to you for excelling at your job so much that the company did well and prospered so they can afford to spread the wealth right? well the higher ups still getting bonuses in my opinion don't deserve that bonus at all since the company was tanking. You're not going to convince me otherwise.

I'm just pissed that my son turned 17 in 2008 and I am going to have to pay the federal government another 1000 bucks taxes this year I hate the thought of having to give them money to give away in a money grab, our government has failed us.