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The Republicans in the Senate are always looking out for the little guy.
The Republicans in the Senate are always looking out for the little guy.
let me ask you this......how much money did anyone give directly to the little guy......
they have passed out about 1 trillion dollars in less than 2 months......
tell me ..... how much did you get......how much did they send you.....
because as far as i can tell.....they have given it to banks and state governments and union companies.....oh and they gave themselves raises.......
The Republicans in the Senate are always looking out for the little guy.
let me ask you this......how much money did anyone give directly to the little guy......
they have passed out about 1 trillion dollars in less than 2 months......
tell me ..... how much did you get......how much did they send you.....
because as far as i can tell.....they have given it to banks and state governments and union companies.....oh and they gave themselves raises.......
I have a bunch of young couples buying houses for the $8,000 tax credit.
Don't be so cynical. We are going to be alright.
We are Team America World Police.
Good for the Republicans.
Fatboy Rush is correct this time.
It's an idiotic tax.
So you fell incompetence should be rewarded.
How did we know the party of no would say no?
Good for the Republicans.
Fatboy Rush is correct this time.
It's an idiotic tax.
So you fell incompetence should be rewarded.
How did we know the party of no would say no?
well, I hope you're right and that they do become the party of no again
under that idiot Bush they became the party of Medicare Drug, Education Dept Expansion, More Gov't Employment
How about every grandstanding idiot in congress that's going along with this, tax their own income by 90% ? I mean seriously, the incompetence of the AIG execs pale in comparison to the incompetence of these clowns. CSPAN has now become the funniest channel on TV......
Senate Republicans brake rush to tax AIG bonuses
I guess they are listening to their party leader, Fatboy Rush Limbaugh. NICE!
How did we know the party of no would say no?
How about every grandstanding idiot in congress that's going along with this, tax their own income by 90% ? I mean seriously, the incompetence of the AIG execs pale in comparison to the incompetence of these clowns. CSPAN has now become the funniest channel on TV......
and if Obama should sign it, IF it gets through the Senate, he'll take only 10% of his book deal.
why does everyone assume that the folks that were going to be bonused were the very same people that tanked the company.....
they were retention bonuses....which means the guy the govt hired to run aig for a dollar wanted them there to help him fix this mess.......
why does everyone assume that the folks that were going to be bonused were the very same people that tanked the company.....
Because we have been informed that that is the case, Manu.
they were retention bonuses....which means the guy the govt hired to run aig for a dollar wanted them there to help him fix this mess.......
Those bonus contracts were, we are informed, written BEFORE it was apparent that AIG was insolvent, BEFORE BUSH II, stepped into save it, and LONG before Obama was in office, I think.
Rep. Waters Demands Obama Clarify AIG Bonus Provision
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., called on President Obama on Friday to explain what happened when a provision was added to his economic stimulus bill last month that allowed AIG employees to receive $165 million in bonuses.
Waters' comments were the strongest criticism yet from a Democrat over a controversy that continues to grow.
My understanding over the past week is that most of those receiving these bonuses had nothing to do with the problem, in fact many didn't even work in that one awful division, those folks were gone when Lehman started going bad. For the most part these people were brought in to try and untangle what had happened, to make the company sellable. The Congress and administration seem to want to tank it now. The press is looking at it differently, at least recently. Here's a decent business piece:
Pearlstein: Outrage Over AIG - washingtonpost.com
That's my understanding, though I believe many were there, just not in that division or not the one's doing the questionable actions.My understanding over the past week is that most of those receiving these bonuses had nothing to do with the problem, in fact many didn't even work in that one awful division, those folks were gone when Lehman started going bad. For the most part these people were brought in to try and untangle what had happened, to make the company sellable. The Congress and administration seem to want to tank it now. The press is looking at it differently, at least recently. Here's a decent business piece:
Pearlstein: Outrage Over AIG - washingtonpost.com
Brought in by AIG, right? Thanks for the clarification.