Our congress covers themselves with glory

[jhetley]

Okay, now they have voted to confiscate personal assets that people acquired legally through a specific allowance of previous congressional action . . .

"First they came for AIG, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't AIG . . ."

(Apologies to Rev. Niemoller)

Comments

[pernishus.livejournal.com]

Congress is doing what congress was designed to do (or at any rate to permit)... we must, however, continue to hope that the Supreme Court will function as it is designed to function...

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

I have to say that the Supreme Court has shown . . . varied . . . reliability on defending the Constitution.

[(Anonymous)]

Confiscation of legally acquired assets is nothing new in this country. And I do not refer to taxes. I'm thinking of civil asset forfeiture, current boarder enforcement practices and other sorts of authoritarian corruption.

Then there's this situation in California where they not only came after the right of certain couples to marry, they're also after the marriages which were joined.

But in spite of all that, I'll admit to not shedding any tears for the folks at AIG....