WashDCDemocrat on the AIG Bonuses

This debate is in response to Artagnan's post "AIG Bonuses." The following was originally posted as a comment, directed at Artagnan.

You have no right to be concerned. I suppose you're a conservative? Look, nearly any major taxation bill that the government passes will most likely be overturned by the black-robed Supreme Court justices. We are not descending into socialism; the conservatives have cried this doomsday cry since Obama won the primaries. The fact is that America would never tolerate true socialism. Americans earn what they work for. That has always been and always will be, and when the government - IF the government - decides that a car-maker should make as much as a neurosurgeon, America would be up in arms, demanding a change in leadership. Republicans are upset because their "hard work" is being undone. So to use a cliched analogy, Republicans, you had the wheel for eight years, and now the Democrats are takin' it back, so don't whine that the music we're playing isn't your style.