Unacceptable: Fox Business Anchor Compares Tax on AIG Bonuses to Sexual Abuse

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March 24, 2009Media

Today, Fox Business Network anchor Dagen McDowell appeared on Fox News to make the case against the tax on AIG bonuses by comparing it to sexual abuse:

You don’t want to think if you get in bed with Uncle Sam he’s going to strip you naked, chain you to the bed, leave you there and then take nasty pictures of you and then put them on the Internet. Because that’s what’s been happening.

Watch it:

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"Thank you, Dagen, well stated," responded Bill Hemmer.

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