online.wsj.com - 3/19/2009
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Some AIG employees have returned bonuses or intend to do so amid public outrage. Among them was Douglas Poling, who received the richest payment of more than $6.4 million.
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michellemalkin.com - 3/19/2009
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michellemalkin.com —
The House is set to vote today on
the retroactive, confiscatory 90 percent tax on bailout-funded bonuses....
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First, they came for AIG bonuses
news.yahoo.com - 3/19/2009
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AP - Under intense pressure from the Obama
administration and Congress, the head of bailed-out insurance giant...
AIG declared Wednesday that some of the firm's executives have begun returning all or part of bonuses totaling $165 million.
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AIG bonuses: Some repaid, Congress to vote on tax
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... with the $165 million bonuses: the original bailout plan devised by Treasury Secretaries past and present Henry Paulson and Tim Geithner, Lloyd Blankfein, and Ben Bernanke. March 19: Some of AIG's top employees said they'll return their bonuses . More News from Air America : ...
House passes 90% tax on AIG bonuses
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... , which means the GOP split roughly evenly notwithstanding the news that some AIG employees will be returning their bonuses voluntarily. No surprise given the results of yesterday’s ...
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... understand the question. Look, it's hard to have any sympathy for Dodd — the sweetheart mortgage deals, the Irish cottage, the self-righteous grandstanding, etc. And as for the policy at hand, I agree more with Geithner and Summers than Dodd. But as for the politics, this AIG thing is blowing up in Obama's face, and it looks an awful lot like his administration is trying to make Dodd the fall guy. I'm not so sure Republicans (or conservatives) should help.
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