More fascism (as published 3/29)

When the insurance giant AIG, which had generously contributed to many politicians' election campaigns, had financial difficulties, the Obama administration bailed them out to the tune of $182 billion. They installed the designated scapegoat, Edward Liddy, to oversee the enterprise, and he promptly gave a little less than one-tenth of one-percent of the money to executives who had earned, and a year previously, been promised, bonuses.

Now, Representative Barney Frank and others, feigning surprise and dismay, and in a fit of pure Hitlerite pique, threaten to take the money away from them, going so far as to suggest passing legislation of a potentially unconstitutional sort. One particularly virulent politician had even suggested the recipients commit ceremomial suicide, and then half-heartedly apologized. Is this more of that hope and change we were promised?