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Originally Posted by BigJohn
AIG announced that they would pay back one third of their bonuses.  Only a third?? they should be forced to give back the whole amount. |
Noting that I'm absolutely no fan of AIG or incompetents in general...
It's unconstitutional to pass ex-post-facto laws. Can't "force them" to undo their contractual obligations or otherwise take the money away after the fact (so shoulda figured it out *before* the fact).
And note that not everybody who received a bonus got a big amount. Plenty of low/middle-level employees got little bonuses that they depend on to bolster an otherwise skimpy salary. I wouldn't want the innocent to get spanked along with the guilty. And I want us to spank the guilty the right way, in accordance with the rule of law.
Shoulda figured out about the bonuses *BEFORE* offering them the bailout and made the proper demands *then*. Now it's too late for this particular battle...blame the dummies who didn't do their homework before giving away our tax dollars on this stuff. [Insert IMO regarding bailouts in general here..]
IMO the people who screwed up should voluntarily give up their bonuses. Yeah, I *would* do that, but then I have a samurai mindset on stuff like this, something that's conspicuous by its absence in this whole sad saga.
), but you can't deny that the large percentage of claims in the movie that attempt to debunk what we have been conditioned to believe as true, hold more water than the "stories" themselves. This forum is no place for a religious discussion, so let's stay out of that, but the other things discussed in the film (as well as the first) reinforce the convictions I've had for years...
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