A Line in the Sand

I agree with The AnarchAngel on this point. The following is a portion of his blog from Monday, March 23rd, 2009:

"The United States House of Representatives recently passed a blatantly unconstitutional bill, placing confiscatory tax burdens on anyone making more than $250,000 and working for an institution that received more than 5 billion of TARP funds.The bill was in theory specifically addressed at the false outrage over retention bonuses paid to AIG executives; and is targeted only to their bonuses.
In theory.
Of course, this would be an unconstitutional bill of attainder, which wouldn't pass even the most cursory constitutional challenge; so it was re-written to be broader.Broader of course means more people would be affected, and congress would be given more power to steal more money.In fact, if you read into the implications of the bill; it could be used to levy a 90% tax on any income over $250,000, earned by any family making more than $250,000 per year, where either spouse is employed by an institution that received federal "bailout" funds.It appears that the Senate, and the Obama administration are cold on the bill and that it will not pass, or be signed into law if it did.
I do not earn that much money; nor do my wife and I earn that much together (though in the next few years it is entirely possible that we will).However, I have something important to say.If congress should pass any such bill, and the president sign any such law, I WILL NOT OBEY IT.I will not allow congress to tell me how much I can earn. I will not allow them to take my income because of the actions of others. If they attempt to make me do so by force, I will resist with force.I will most likely die in the process, which I regret; but at some point a line must be drawn. The constitution must be respected, or it is meaningless."


Ultimately, it is our responsibility as citizens of a free country to insure and guarantee our own liberty. A line must be drawn. A point must be set where we say, "We will retreat no farther. We will take no more. Here we will stand!" Each and every one of us must search our hearts and evaluate our priorities and determine where we will make our stand.

You can view The AnarchAngels full post at http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/.