ITHO: US House? Or A Lynch Mob

Thursday, as most members of the U.S. House joined a mob to impose a confiscatory tax on recipients of corporate bonuses from AIG and other companies receiving federal bailout money, Idaho’s two representatives fell out of formation. Good for them. Democrat Walt Minnick and Republican Mike Simpson might have found themselves in a minority, 93, compared to the 328 who supported the 90 percent tax, but they were right certainly in principle and most probably in law/ Jim Fisher , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

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