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With the anger and rage that is being exhibited against A.I.G., perhaps the bonuses Obama received from A.I.G. explain Obama's A.I.G crocodile tears.
Now that the Wall street Journal has revealed that A.I.G. paid bonuses of $1 million or more to 73 employees, it's time to ask if recipients of A.I.G. "bonuses," including President Obama, will give what now ought to be taxpayer money back?
Correction neither Obama or any of the other politicians that received campaign contributions received a bonus. Try again. In that case every politican that received contributions from companies that received bailout assistance should return the money. Stop playing the political game and hold every one in Washington to task...
The amount was over a period of time, not just last year.......
Top 5 - 1989-2008
Dodd, Chris (D-Conn) $281,038 Bush, George W (R-Texas) $200,560
Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) $111,875
Obama, Barack (D-Ill) $110,332 McCain, John (R-Ariz) $99,249
Baucus, Max (D-Mont) $90,000 Kerry, John (D-Mass) $85,000
Johnson, Nancy L (R-Conn) $75,400
Sununu, John E (R-NH) $69,049 Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $61,515
Lieberman, Joe (I-Conn) $57,900
Rangel, Charles B (D-NY) $53,582 Giuliani, Rudolph W (R-NY) $50,250
Lazio, Rick A (R-NY) $48,600
Ensign, John (R-Nev) $44,569
2008 & 2006 & 2002 Dems led the recieving
2004 & 2000 & 1998 Reps led the recieving
Correction neither Obama or any of the other politicians that received campaign contributions received a bonus. Try again. In that case every politican that received contributions from companies that received bailout assistance should return the money. Stop playing the political game and hold every one in Washington to task...
You are almost right.
Every corrupt politician that took money from AIG, voted for the bill, or in Dodd's case stuck the exemption into the bill should return the money. That would be Dodd, Obama, Clinton, Biden.... This is just too easy!
No, they did not. Those were political contributions. They did not vote for the Porkulous bill that exempted the AIG bonuses.
The bonus's were agreed on last year. When did AIG get bulk of the money (September 2008, if you forgot) and who was the president at the time?
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