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General Category => Politics, Philosophy, News and/or Current Affairs => Topic started by: Zoomie on July 10, 2009, 10:30:47 AM

Title: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: Zoomie on July 10, 2009, 10:30:47 AM

I guess we should be happy they're at least asking permission this time...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_bi_ge/us_aig_bonuses (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_bi_ge/us_aig_bonuses)

How about giving that money back to the treasury? I know it's a drop in the bucket but isn't it the right thing to do? Morons.

Title: Re: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: (_)_)===D on July 10, 2009, 10:35:27 AM

I really wish people with terminal illnesses would start doing drastic things for the good of society as a whole.

Title: Re: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: The Geek on July 10, 2009, 10:58:58 AM

why are we not discussing what is important here?

The fact that the title "COMPENSATION CZAR" exists!!!@!

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AIG is working with the Obama administration's compensation czar, Kenneth R. Feinberg, to ensure the

Title: Re: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: Zoomie on July 10, 2009, 11:03:49 AM

Could be worse. We could have a Masturbation Czar. I don't think Joycelyn Elders is busy these days.

Title: Re: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 10, 2009, 11:11:54 AM

Those managers did an excellent job funneling the bailout dollars back to the Goldman Sachs of the world who also got bailout money of their own. 

Title: Re: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: Libertine on July 10, 2009, 11:38:49 AM

Title: Re: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: mosh on July 11, 2009, 10:54:20 AM

They aint Obama's policies, their Geithners ( or whatever his name is)... the guy is an economic retard... Every SE Asian nation got royally fucked by his cure in 1997 (think back kids) that they will not take on any new solutions that he might put forward.

As for GM, are they actually going to put some effort into doing what they should have been doing all along, desigining and manufacturing vehicles? Or are they going to attempt a second shot at being a finance company?

Title: Re: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 11, 2009, 11:17:25 AM

The US economy has been operating at unsustainable levels of consumption for a long time.  I don't think a recovery to previous levels should really be expected.  That the Obama administration is pimping policies that are going to lead to bubbles - the bullshit they call green and carbon cap and trade - is pretty disturbing policy.

The government should have spent all of this money on infrastructure, social services, health care, etc. to help people adjust to reduced economic expectations.  They should be working on breaking up big, destructive institutions like Monsanto, Goldman Sachs, and the like.

Title: Re: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: underclass on July 12, 2009, 10:08:07 PM

oh yeah, Monsanto

Title: Re: AIG still trying to give bonuses
Post by: Emperor Reagan on July 12, 2009, 11:26:57 PM

Quote from: underclass on July 12, 2009, 10:08:07 PM

oh yeah, Monsanto

Would it be too much to ask for the US to not let them patent all life on the planet?  Or to keep them out of the room and let at least semi-objective scientists discuss the US's approach to agriculture, especially the organic, non-GMO, maybe we shouldn't devote cropland to making a shitty oil substitute sort of discussions?