Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Excellent work, Congress



The Senate is set to vote on the bailout bill at 9:30 tonight, which is now larded with various ridiculous tack-on requests, including the following at page 300-


A commenter at Dealbreaker noted:

Thank God Washington is finally listening to the middle class and repealing that draconian excise tax on wooden arrows, the kind commonly used by children.
As a concerned voter, I am very pleased that those fat cat professional bowmen will continue to pay their fair share of excise taxes on the types of arrows THEY use. I'm glad that our elected leaders have the courage to stand up to Big Archery.

1 comment:

Brian said...

Is this for real? How does this even happen?