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A Bill to Let Big Government Set Your Salary

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Charles Johnson3/31/2009 10:35:29 am PDT

re: #273 rsdavis

Lets cut everyone a little slack. Six months or one year from now we’ll see if we are on the road to hell, as so many commenters seem to think, or, mine own take, it is much ado about nothing.

I’m the last person to scream “The sky is falling! We’re doomed!” I do think something needs to be done, and I agree that if the government is going to bail out companies, it’s not completely unreasonable to expect some quid pro quo.

But this legislation goes WAY too far. When the government gives itself this much power (i.e., to void existing contracts for ALL employees, retroactively) it’s very disturbing, and just packed full of potential for abuse.