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10-15-2008, 06:42 PM
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The Associated Press: AIG executives spent thousands during hunting trip
"CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A handful of top executives from American International Group Inc. spent thousands of dollars during a recent English hunting trip, even as the New York-based insurer asked for an additional $37.8 billion loan from the Federal Reserve."
These people should be fined, fired, and prosecuted. 
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10-15-2008, 06:53 PM
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Location: Some place very cold
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Yup, I agree.
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10-15-2008, 07:58 PM
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Location: Great State of Texas
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Life goes on for the big Execs. No guilt, no shame, NO CHARGES !
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10-15-2008, 10:01 PM
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Location: Heartland Florida
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So when does hunting season open on the aig execs?
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10-15-2008, 10:16 PM
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Location: West Michigan
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Commence Exec hunting season!!
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10-15-2008, 10:31 PM
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in the article, AIG execs said it was an annual thing for AIG Customers
anyone here an AIG customer, or know someone who is that actually went to this?
just want to verify
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10-16-2008, 05:07 AM
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Location: Concrete Vietnam
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I was there and it was so fun. We played limbo and danced to the Macarena
no really, they should be fired
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10-16-2008, 07:36 AM
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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What's funny was that Neal Boortz actually approved of the outings, saying that if the government controlled how they used the money, the business would certainly fail. Of course his news correspondent mentioned that it wasn't just employees who went on the previous retreat, but clients as well, on the taxpayer dime.
Of course, what the idiot doesn't realize is that businesses who are in such deep hock and using the essentially free money provided by the taxpayers are actually going to be looser and less efficient with it.
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10-16-2008, 07:51 AM
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Location: Beautiful Lakes & Mountains of East TN
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What a great precedent we're setting with AIG. How long until others sign up for the free ride?
For the love of God, if we're going to be bolstering these companies with our money at least they should show some modesty. Whatever govt agency wrote up the agreement they signed to borrow the money, should have included clauses that prohibit waste like this, at least until they're solvent again.
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10-16-2008, 12:18 PM
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Location: where you sip the tea of the breasts of the spinsters of Utica
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HappyTexan
Life goes on for the big Execs. No guilt, no shame, NO CHARGES !
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Yeah, you'd think that 99.9% of Americans loathing them for what they're doing would make some sort of little dent in their consciences, but nope.
I think Bailout 1 failed partly because Bush didn't want to set any limit on executive pay increases, didn't it? Well, the execs are going to get their pound of flesh one way or another. |
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