There were criticisms on the initial stimulus that it left out women and seemed to go towards the male dominated fields. I thinks some of that criticism was voiced on this blog. Other than that I think Reich’s comments were fairly stupid about white male construction wokrers.

As for AIG and what the contractual agreements happens to be…it depends. When the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Rail Road was sold, the union contracts were nullified even though that was against the Railway Labor Act. The Supreme Court ok’d this. So there is precedent for busting a labor contract when a company gets bought out despite a Congressional law to the contrary. However, I think the contract busting will only be applied to the middle class folks/union members and not in the case of those modestly paid 1.2 million per year folks.

Federal Case Alleges Political Elite Get Favorable Tax Treatment Over Ordinary Citizens

On 5 March 2009 a Motion was filed in U.S. v. David Jacquot, Case # CR 08-1171, in the Federal District Court, in San Diego, California seeking to dismiss a false tax return indictment on the grounds that the Defendant was not treated in the same manner as politically prominent individuals. A hearing on this matter is set for 30 March 2009 in San Diego and the Defendant in this case intends to subpoena Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, and others.

The Defendant in this case is David Jacquot, an attorney and retired Army Officer. He is a decorated disabled Desert Storm veteran living in rural Idaho with his family.

This “Geithner Motion” cites HR 735 titled the “Rangel Rule Act of 2009,” which if enacted, would eliminate penalties and interest for common citizens to allow them to be treated in the same manner as House Ways and Means Chairman Representative Charles Rangel. The Geithner Motion also quotes President Obama stressing the need to “treat common citizens in the same manner as politically prominent individuals in regards to tax matters”.

The Geithner Motion details how Mr. Jacquot was vindictively indicted in retaliation for his successful defense of his clients against the IRS. The tax returns of his corporate law firm for the four (4) years of 2001 to 2004 were investigated and the government alleges that the law firm declared almost $200,000 TOO MUCH income during this time period. The Geithner Motion contains descriptions of numerous actions by the government and Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Faith Devine that are the basis for the claim of retaliation against Mr. Jacquot for his zealous representation of his client’s Constitutional and statutory rights. The improper actions of AUSA Devine have been reported to the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility for disciplinary action and are currently under review.

A copy of the Geithner Motion can be downloaded at:

http://www.jacquotlaw.com/vindictive-prosecution.html

Vindictive-Prosecution

it’s the same people. It’s just that the front men are different

I would say that it’s the same people and the front people are also the same. We only have one functional party. It is the re-elect me party. The me-me-me-party has a lock on Washington. Special interests are robbing us blind because all the politicians care about is raising the money for re-election. At the risk of being offensive for being redundant… we need a third second party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxuUj6vFa4

Explosive Video Reich, Obamas economic advisor no “White Male Construction Workers”

Tell this little goof to go pound sand.

What was the phrase the we were using with the republicans that described how they planned to bankrupt the government so that no it couldn’t afford entitlements? How are the actions of that bunch (if indeed it is a different bunch)different from this bunch who are bankrupting America even to our great grand-children’s generation. And making me wonder if we will be America in name only in a few years.

Reich’s right: the porkfest bill is barely out the door.

And then Ben Bernake goes on 60 minutes to say the recession will end later this year, we have averted the “Depression,” and we can expect to see the economy grow in 2010.

Add Geithner to the mix and we have Confusion 101. This does not inspire confidence. The word “incompetence” is creeping into articles I’m reading on this mess, even from Obama supporters.

We are in deep, deep trouble. And happy talk is beginning to look utterly desperate. I’ve got a radical idea:

Tell the American public the truth.