Comments on: AIG Seeks Clearance For More Bonuses

Washington Post: $2.4 Million in Executive Payments Due Next Week

[payasyougo]

"AIG Seeks Clearance For More Bonuses"
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Lets see....

Employees drawing a salary regardless of their performance.
Employees not being held accountable for bad decision making.
Employees putting other people's money at risk with no accountability.
An entity that defines their own salary and benefits.

Why would this government consider any of the above an issue.

Hint: it's called a mirror.

[liberalme]

I doubt the pion employees are getting any of the bonus--it's the big "thinkers" at the top--who do nothing more than sit on their duffs figuring out how to get paid for doing nothing!

[ramos1129]

No...NO.....NADA....NYET....We own 80% of AIG. AIG spends millions on conferences, seminars, get aways to expensive resorts. AIG takes billions from us which we need elsewhere...Court martial any corporate office and government official that signs off on these bonuses.

[GiveMeFreedom]

And the social security administration just held a conference in Phoenix at the Biltmore too. And the UAW partied in Miami earlier this year. I guess since these are liberal leaning institutions it is OK right?

[consciousnes]

When will it all end? People are loosing their homes and Insurance companies that are ripping them off conntinue to give big bonuses to their inept execs.

[beaumuff]

Oh no,Obama and Geithner are going to be "furious" AGAIN.

[nextgenman09]

Only in America do people who fail get bonuses. The American Business Model.

[GiveMeFreedom]

Yes. Congress is the best example of abject failure while great pay, health, pension and travel too.

[r9119111]

by Phxfire July 9, 2009 11:40 PM PDT
wow, there you go again, ithoughtitwasfunny, opening your mouth and spewing junk. ACORN had absolutely no agreement with ACORN, even your messiah, Limbaugh, has had to swallow hard and drop that line. ACORN also hasn't been convicted of any wrongdoing. I'm not defending any wongs, just sick to death of parrots repeating lies and misleading innuendo.

I'm with you, Phxfire. We must not get tired of letting these parrots know that we are onto them. They think that if they keep spewing their line of crap, enough people will eventually believe them so they will win the next election. Keep up the good work. The neocons must never ragain the power they have had in recent years. Never.

[Phxfire]

What they earned in 2008? For what, running the company into the largest loses in its history and contributing to placing the economy into a recession? What exactly did they do to earn these bonuses???

[Phxfire]

Oh, good, can't blame Obama for the mess, since that was on the criminals bush/cheney's watch, so some of you just resort to inane and absurd name calling. This is a HUGE mess that the current administration is trying to mitigate, at the same time they are fixing all the other messes left behind by the previous administration. But, I guess I should consider the sources, eh?

[Phxfire]

wow, there you go again, ithoughtitwasfunny, opening your mouth and spewing junk. ACORN had absolutely no agreement with ACORN, even your messiah, Limbaugh, has had to swallow hard and drop that line. ACORN also hasn't been convicted of any wrongdoing. I'm not defending any wongs, just sick to death of parrots repeating lies and misleading innuendo.

[joe1022joe]

This money is commission earned and owed from sales they made in 2008. Not paying it would be unilaterally violating their contract. That's a no-no. You wanna not pay bonus money in the future - OK. But welching on old debts isn't - unless they did something illegal and as far as I know they haven't been charged with anything by the legal system.

[Phxfire]

What they earned in 2008? For what, running the company into the largest loses in its history and contributing to placing the economy into a recession? What exactly did they do to earn these bonuses???

[whitemale08]

What a dumb and idiotic comment.

AIG is paying bonuses from 2008 Bush/Paulson taxpayer bailout money!

THAT'S HOW THEY GOT THE BONUSES IN THE FIRST PLACE!

JUST KEEP MORE MOUTH SHUT, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING USEFULL TO HELP FIGHT THESE CRIMINALS ON WALL STREET!

YOU BELONG ON THE OTHER SIDE SINCE YOU WISH TO DEFEND THEM SO MUCH!

AIG is a backdoor for the billions payed to Goldman Sucks and JP Morgan as counter-parties to their absolutely worthless derivatives and credit-default swaps.

AIG MUST BE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY!!!!!