All this AIG talk is really starting to disgust me for many reasons as it reeks of misdirected frustration. I’m going to be very clear in my stance. AIG never should have been put in a position where there were allowed to issue bonuses the very second they received government assistance, or rather taxpayers assistance.
The blame here is on the government agents that wrote the contract that failed to include these clauses that would prevent this type of misappropriations of bailout money in the first place. All this talk about AIG employees receiving death threats is first of all disturbing on many levels, and nothing more than frustrated tax payers not thinking these events through and blaming the obvious culprit. AIG is only human and after reexamining this situation, I believe you and I probably would have done the exact same thing if we were in their shoes. However, since we are not in their shoes it’s extremely easy for us to judge. It’s high time people start looking behind the curtain and seeing whose really responsible for allowing such events to transpire.
