I'm stupefied to find that some people are defending the constitutionality of the discriminatory, confiscatory and retroactive tax on people who receive bonus income from companies that got TARP money. I would have considered it a bright line rule that the government can't identify a class of unpopular people and impose a special tax on them. [unless, of course, you smoke]
What's next? A 100% income tax on registered Republicans, retroactive to last year? If Pelosi's bill passes muster, why not? [snip]
A banana republic features governments that arbitrarily change the law to suit their interests or the interests of their cronies. Peter Robinson of NRO added this to John's missive:
As it happens, just a couple of weeks ago I found myself having this very conversation with a Cuban and a Colombian. Both were close and longtime observers of Latin American politics and experts, therefore, on banana republicdom. They insisted—just insisted—that Barack Obama was moving us in that direction, and fast.
I had a much harder time refuting their argument than I'd have liked.
The fact is, the Democrats are doing things in Congress and the White House that are far beyond what Bush and the Republicans ever even contemplated.
But setting up a "tyranny of the majority" is easy when no one calls you out for it.
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