Thursday, July 19, 2007

You shall be punished!

From Cato at Liberty:
Just when you thought partisan idiocy in Washington couldn't get any worse, the House voted last night to cut off the salary of Andrew Biggs, the new Deputy Commissioner of Social Security. No one doubts Biggs' qualifications for this position. But his sin is having supported proposals to allow younger workers to privately invest a portion of their Social Security taxes through individual accounts. Apparently holding a position that Democrats disagree with is now so abhorrent that it disqualifies you from public office.
Thanks for the tip, Brian.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That would appear to violate the Constitutional prohibition on bills of attainder. Not that I expect a Democratic Congresscritter to care about that.

Anonymous said...

Congress usually gets around the Bills of Attainder problem by making a law so specific that it just happens to effect only one person. But it’s just a coincidence constitutionally.

joated said...

Oh, but they just love the First Amendment and free speech.

joated said...

And, of course, the free exchange of ideas.

Anonymous said...

WAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

Anonymous said...

It's a terrible thing the Dems have done. Let's pray that the serious statesmen will return to power in 2008. And we can go back to asking applicants for military installation jobs whether or not they support the repeal of Roe v. Wade.