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news.yahoo.com - 3/16/2009

Chorus of outrage over millions in AIG bonuses (AP)

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AP - Leaders of the White House economic team and the Senate's top Republican bellowed about bonuses at a bailed-out insurance giant and pledged to prevent such payments in the future.

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nytimes.com - 3/15/2009

A.I.G. Planning Huge Bonuses After $170 Billion Bailout

— nytimes.com — A.I.G. Planning Huge Bonuses After $170 Billion Bailout (more) A.I.G. Planning Huge Bonuses After $170 Billion Bailout

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nytimes.com - 3/16/2009

Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to Block A.I.G. Bonuses

— nytimes.com — The president said that he has instructed Timothy F. Geithner to “pursue every single legal avenue” to... block bonuses to the ailing insurer’s executives. > (more) Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to Block A.I.G. Bonuses

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nytimes.com - 3/15/2009

A.I.G. Planning $100 Million in Bonuses After Huge Bailout

— nytimes.com — WASHINGTON — Despite being bailed out with more than $170 billion from the Treasury and Federal Reserve,... the American International Group is preparing to pay about $100 million in bonuses to executives in the same business unit that brought the ... (more) A.I.G. Planning $100 Million in Bonuses After Huge Bailout

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They Don’t Want To Nationalize The Banks, But How About AIG?
Oliver Willis — ... Because AIG is all about giving away our tax dollars to a bunch of rich-ass Cramer and Santelli types again and again and again with their bonuses. Only in the biggest of big business can a failed enterprise have the chutzpah to give bonuses to these scoundrels. ...

Conservatives Suggest Torture Tactics For AIG Execs: ‘Exemplary Hanging,’ Guillotine Party, ‘Boiling In Oil’
Think Progress — ... Politicians and pundits from both sides of the aisle have expressed outrage at the recent news that bailed-out insurance giant AIG will be paying $165 million in bonuses to the same executives who “brought the company to the brink of collapse.” President Obama and members of Congress are trying to ...

Republicans Who Opposed Wall Street Salary Caps Last Month Now Condemning ‘Outrageous’ AIG Bonuses
Think Progress — As outrage mounts over the $165 million in executive bonuses paid to AIG staffers, many Republicans are trying to tap into the widespread public anger by striking uncharacteristically populist tones. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Banking Commitee ranking member Richard Shelby (R-AL) have said the following in recent days: MCCONNELL: “Well, it is an outrageous situation. I wrote Secretary Paulson back in October complaining about the way AIG had been doing its business. […] This is an outrage. ...