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Note to the Village Voice

By W. James Antle, III on 3.25.09 @ 3:44PM

I don't think we should have bailed out AIG. I don't think we should have passed the broader "financial recovery" package. I don't think we should buy the toxic assets. And I don't think the AIG execs should have gotten those huges bonuses while being bailed out by the taxpayers. But if the friggin' U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill taxing your last bit of compensation at a 90 percent rate, the New York Times op-ed page might let you complain about getting hosed at your job too.

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tonypal| 3.25.09 @ 11:55PM

Here, here.

Apart from the dubious constitutionality of this vomit inducing act (bill of attainder), where would this lunacy stop. We already know; it wouldn't.

The socialist is never satisfied. That is why you cannot accept a faulty premise with the intention of softening the inevitable impact with a dose of moderation or conservatism. Once the premise is accepted, the socialist will not stop until the end is achieved. Advancement might be painfully slow at times, but it never, ever stops.

NY Times house conservatives such as David Brooks and heroic but confused presidential candidates such as John McCain are examples of those who do not grasp the fundamental nature of the leftist, or as Mark Levin rightly says, the statist. Men like Brooks and McCain accept creeping socialism, even as they reject it as a governing philosophy. They simply don't understand the true nature of socialism/statism and it's practitioners.

No longer can we sit idly by and accept false premises. They must be rejected outright. They must be countered with undeniable truths, spoken passionately and articulately. I love TAS because the writers here get it.

Keep up the good work, Mr. Antle. The ball's in our court now. We need to crush socialism/statism and all of its' practitioners. Only then can freedom truly flourish and be an attainable goal for all who suffer under the yolk of tyranny.