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[Lionel Peterson]

On May 8, 2009, at 3:00 AM, Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>  
wrote:

> On May 7, 2009, at 12:22 , Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> It was written to focus on 155 specific taxpayers,
>
> You honestly believe that?

Yes, I've never seen it portrayed any other way.

>
> Sure, that might have been what was said about it, but it seems  
> pretty obvious that it could never have actually worked that way,  
> and I doubt the people who crafted it were so stupid they didn't  
> know that.

That the reality may not have lived up to the intention doesn't change  
the intention.

I can easily imagine it having been created after someone realized a  
large hole in the tax code and railed about it to get elected. We've  
seen in recent years that the some rich folks lament their low tax  
bill compared with their secretary (Warren Buffet), and we've also  
seen Congress threaten to use the tax code to punish a small group of  
people who chose to act in a way, while legal, displeased members of  
Congress (AIG bonuses). In this context I have no problem believing  
that congress passed a tax code change targeted at 155 individuals.

Lionel