Rep. Steven C. LaTourette, R-Ohio, angrily denouncing the Drunken Sailor Bailout Act of 2008 (my words, not his) by mentioning, among other things, that the bill provides a rum tax payment to Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in the amount of about $192 million over ten years:
At least we have the pirate vote.
So that would not be an “aye” I’m guessing.
A Republican is bitching about a $19.2 million a year tax break for P.R.? That’s interesting considering that’s less than the average CEO salary, and even more interesting in light of the trillion dollars of tax breaks that Republicans have thrown at billionaires.
AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRrrrrgh!!!!!!