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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:18 AM Original message |
Not Paying $165M Bonuses Could Open AIG -- and Taxpayers -- to $330M Lawsuit |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Better not put me on that jury. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. oh bullshit! |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. bring it |
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billybob537 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Instead of retention bonuses |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. A contract is supposed to be an exchange. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It is absurd, and a mess. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. "employees could sue" |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. Let's see how this plays out. |
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justgamma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Let's see which ones have the |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. fine. we'll just countersue for $600M |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. DING DING DING! Northernlights, you're our grand prize winner! |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
11. Fine so sue US, its our money not theirs. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
12. Let them sue...let them fucking sue |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Who will they sue? The 80% of AIG that the tax payers own or the other 20%? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. As I understand it (which is poorly) the bonuses are based on numbers of |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. Charge them with crimes now! You can't profit from crime. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Sounds good to me. |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. here's a retention bonus for you A-holes....a weekend with Bernie |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. Contracts are overruled or modified in court all the time--claim "mutual mistake" and |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. Congress needs to enact a 100% tax on bonuses to AIG executives. And all executives really. |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. Could what the AIG execs done be considered fraud? |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
21. That sounds like a threat to me! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Tom Toles |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. How many of them have the courage to attach their names to a public lawsuit? |
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