Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Why Not Tax Lobbyists At 90%?

Why not tax lobbyists at 90%? Just a thought. Since the AIG bonuses are a legal contractual agreement, why doesn't the state and federal governments look into taxing paid lobbyists at a 90% level? This would be a great source of revenue for our bankrupt state and federal governments. Maybe Governor Rell could subpoena all the registered state lobbyists and grill them as to why they are making so much money and how they are influencing the excessive costs of both our federal and state government. Maybe there could be full page articles in all of Connecticut's papers disclosing how much money they actually contribute to politicians on both sides of the aisle and the corresponding legislation that was enacted because of these same contributions. The same could be said for federal lobbyists and their contributions to our federal debt through the excessive amount of legislation they push through for taxpayers. To me it would be logical that if you want AIG employees to testify you should not leave out lobbyists. After all look at the productivity of let say a Tom Daschle and his lobbying efforts (not to mention his ability not to pay taxes). Let's pick on lobbyists who with their political friends who have help to create our economic debacle.

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