Bloomberg: Obama authorized AIG bonuses

Quote from power:

If some of the AIG employees performed why did AIG suffer losses of $61 billion?.

Because some employees had a bigger book and took on more risk than others. Do you really not know the answer to these silly questions. Go do something productive like watching the John Stewart show.
 
Quote from Random.Capital:

Yes, that is not unusual practice. The question is whether it should be.

I think I see where you're going. Paying bonuses to those people screws nobody but the shareholders (taxpayers in this case).

But at the same time paying the bonus helps retain valuable employees, therefore increasing shareholder value. The deadweight are those employees receiving a bonus who don't deserve it based on high performance.
 
Quote from power:

Yesterday, AIG chief executive Edward Liddy threatened that if the bonuses are taken back, the employees will resign and it will be disastrous for AIG and USA economy.

and everybody kept quiet like dumb rats. They should have slapped Edward Liddy right there.


To me it sounded like the panel was laying the ground work for more capital injections. On member said “so if AIG were to go bankrupt it would have disastrous effects on the world economies, am I to understand you may need more money “
 
Quote from Random.Capital:

Yes but this is supposed to be capitalism - no profit, no bonus. Employees have a responsibility to pick their employers wisely.

LOL. I thought capitalism meant choose the best opportunity. In this case that means take the most lucrative contract. They could go work somewhere else, but chose instead to sign a contract offering them X$ to stay until Y date. It was the best opportunity.
 
Quote from power:

Yesterday, AIG chief executive Edward Liddy threatened that if the bonuses are taken back, the employees will resign and it will be disastrous for AIG and USA economy.

More disastrous than the couple hundred billion from the Govt that these stupid employees caused in losses?
 
Quote from wmb:

This story is absurd! First of all Liddy is working for AIG for what reason? The challenge or there are no other jobs available!

Following a performance review they're cutting his annual salary to 50 cents.
 
Quote from clacy:

I completely agree. Although I normally end up voting Republican using a "lesser of two evils" approach, I'm to the point where it almost makes me sick to think about the corruption that is so rampant in our political parties.

There is ZERO honesty or integrity at all levels of American politics. I guess this is probably nothing new and happens in all countries, but it really sucks to see it happen to your country.
BINGO......you have awakened to the fallacies of the CON JOB left/right two party paradigm TRAP! BOTH parties have been corrupted and compromised to their core.....there are only a few politicians left that still fight for a return to a CONSTITUTIONAL direction for our country!

I supported one for president.....RON PAUL! :cool:

There is NO BLOOD on my hands from the last globalist minion presidential race....and for those that voted into THEIR GAME, look what you have been left with!!! :eek: Just more of the SAME "continuity of administrations" unconstitutional activities, as the globalist influenced manipulation of our current corrupt leaders races us towards FINANCIAL OBLIVION!!! :mad:
 
Barack Obama is the leader. He is 100% responsible for the actions of his team members. The bill could not have been authorized without "Obama's final signature".

I agree, there is high possibilty that the team members make their own decisions and do not give importance or consult Barack Obama. They think Obama is a puppet.
 
Quote from power:

Yesterday, AIG chief executive Edward Liddy threatened that if the bonuses are taken back, the employees will resign and it will be disastrous for AIG and USA economy.

and everybody kept quiet like dumb rats. They should have slapped Edward Liddy right there.
What I mean, why the need for AIG in the first place. AIG is bankrupt and USA should shut down AIG.

AIG executives are multi-millionaires. They can survive with "zero salary" for many years.
 
Quote from power:

They think Obama is a puppet.

Someone is behind the curtain with a teleprompter keyboard. Whatever the teleprompter says, he speaks.
 
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