congress has come up with a solution to the bonuses given out by aig. the company said it was required to do so by the terms of the employees' contracts. so now congress is sponsoring legislation that will tax bonuses received by the employees of companies that have received federal bailout money at the rate of 100%. so aig can pay out all the bonuses it wants, but the employees won't get to keep a penny of it. if there's one thing congress knows how to do, it is raise taxes.