My Fax to Congress: No New Taxes!

Using the "Visible Vote" application on Facebook, I sent the following fax to my members of Congress:

"Dear Senators and Congressman,

Please do not vote for this new 90%. Last year Democrats in both the Senate and the House voted for a provision guaranteeing the bonuses for AIG executives. Senator Dodd put the provision in the bailout bill, and he, Senator Obama and Senator Webb all voted for the bailout with the provision in it (and I voted to put the provision in the bill in the first place). I have little doubt that has Senator Warner and Congressman Connolly been in their current positions at the time, they two would have voted for it along with every other Democrat.

So don't pretend now that you opposed paying those bonuses. AIG made massive contributions to Democrat candidates, largest of all to Dodd and Obama, your feckless leader. I opposed the bailout and contacted Senator Webb at the time by email and fax, but he refused to listen, and went along with the Democrat herd. So now live with what you've done and don't pretend to be "outraged" and impose a 90% tax that will set a precedent for taxing others at a rate not seen since before JFK's big tax cut proposal, passed in the wake of his death in 1963. Instead of raising taxes, try not bailing out anyone anymore!"

For more on Dodd guaranteeing these bonuses, see http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/chris_dodd_bonuses/2009/03/17/192860.html?s=al&promo_code=7C62-1. For more on AIG making massive contributions to Obama and Dodd, see http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_AIG_bonus/2009/03/18/193222.html. For yet more on the hypocrisy of Dodd, Obama and other Democrats, see http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/finance/dodd-cracks-aig---time/.