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Bailed-out AIG doles out $165 million in bonuses.
thinkprogress.org — Insurance giant American International Group, which has received $170 billion in funds from the government to stay... afloat, will award about $165 million in employee bonuses . The U.S. government has an 80 percent ownership stake in the company. ... (more) Bailed-out AIG doles out $165 million in bonuses.
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John McCain’s AIG bailout revisionism
Michelle Malkin — ... than with nailing McCain on his AIG flip-flopping. What a wasted opportunity. Preceding the interview, Sen. McCain wrote this on his Twitter page: “If we hadn’t bailed out AIG = no bonuses for greedy execs.” During the “Twitterview” with Stephanopoulous this morning, he wrote ...

Did McCain Just Flip-Flop on AIG and Tweet-Flop on Its Bonuses?
TPM Election Central — ... But I thought McCain wanted to let AIG fail exactly because that would deny bonuses to "greedy execs"! He told us so on his Twitter feed!* Sounds like it's time for some Straight Talk TM on AIG executives: Do we let the company fail to deny them bonuses, or let the company fail and make no attempt to prevent them from grabbing bonuses on their way out? ...

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