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Congressional Pandering and the 100% Income Tax on Compensation

By Mark H. Astarita, Esq.

Congress does a number of things very well. Pandering to the populace is one of them, and nothing demonstrates this as well as the House's attempt to punish AIG. The other thing they do well is pass a bill that has popular appeal, and then hope that someone else stops them, or there is a presidential veto, or the courts strike it down. Then they get to say "we tried to fix it but the [opposing party][the President][the Courts] wouldn't let us!"We all know that Congress screwed up on the AIG bonuses. They prevented the use of bailout funds for bonuses, but exempted any bonus payable pursuant to a contract that existed prior to February 2009. That might not have been a screwup, on some levels, it makes sense. However, as we all know, there was a huge backlash from the public, since the bailout money was going to pay "executive bonuses...continue to full post

Full post as published by SECLaw.com on March 21, 2009 (boomark / email).