All in the game
Dan Lett joins the chorus of righteous indignation against how the now semi-nationalized AIG took bailout money and spent it on executive bonuses.
When AIG accepted the money, they agreed to the game and shouldn't be surprised politicians like Democrat Senator Tom Udall say things like “Give the bonuses back, or we’ll find a way to take them back.” That is what they signed up for.
(But maybe the U.S. and AIG didn't know what they were getting into, and thus, according to prevailing reasoning, deserve another bailout...)
Anyway, AIG Chief Edward Liddy now seems to be figuring out how it's going to work.
I wonder: what did anyone think AIG was going to do with the bailout money? Purchase forbearance and moral reasoning? What makes money that was mooched any more virtuous than money created?
When AIG accepted the money, they agreed to the game and shouldn't be surprised politicians like Democrat Senator Tom Udall say things like “Give the bonuses back, or we’ll find a way to take them back.” That is what they signed up for.
(But maybe the U.S. and AIG didn't know what they were getting into, and thus, according to prevailing reasoning, deserve another bailout...)
Anyway, AIG Chief Edward Liddy now seems to be figuring out how it's going to work.
2 Comments:
"Dan Lett" is a parroting hack that doesn't deserve to be the first two words in your latest entry.
Did you post something today since deleted? It's the second time in a few weeks something's appeared in my blog reader only to be unavailable for comment.
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