#141 AIG Bonuses: Anti-Business Rhetoric Cloaked In Populist Outrage

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Looking at the surface of the stories on the AIG bonuses, you'd think there should be outrage at AIG and the rest of them for paying these out. The journalists writing these stories never go below the pond scum to get to the real story. Isn't it true that its possible that AIG was contractually obligated to provide these bonuses? Could the people getting these bonuses be responsible for making many multiples of the bonus for the company, and are simply being PAID FOR THEIR WORK? This is the same type of anti-business, anti-commerce attitude being exhuded by the Barack Hussein Obama "We Hate Business" administration. Don't fall for it! It's an anti-business message cloaked in populist outrage. The MSM continues to toady to the Savior, helping to destroy the engine of prosperity in this country: business, not government.

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• aig
• bonuses
• bailout

[lawman0252]

wow Chris Future, you are a certified fucking moron!!

President Obama did say that the bonuses were agreed to in a contract BEFORE the new CEO. The media and white house also reports that they had contracts to obligate but OTHER companies that took bailout money ALSO VOLUNTEERED to not get their bonuses!

how the HELL is this some kind of "anti business" attack? This is FLAT OUT wrong for a company to pay out that kind of money on our dime. You are obviously just another obama hater..

[THINKfutureShow]

Think about it for a second. In any business, you have contracts to fulfill. These employees have contracts with AIG - I bring in X business, you may me a % of X. And now Obama is going to use every legal method to rip these bonuses away? I bet they EARNED those bonuses. A bonus is like any other compensation. Its a reward for good work. For success. Obama penalizes success and rewards failure. That is the new American Way.

[lawman0252]

Oh I get it now!!!

You are just pulling our leg obviously! I was hoping that you were just posting a parody video,  or atleast one could hope!

[THINKfutureShow]

Ah trolls. Gotta love em. Check my show #125.

[xpandergt]

Obama and congress are playing us for fools!!!! They want to get all us ticked off at AIG for conducting it's business and not focus on the fact that congress used our money to bail out AIG in the first place!! Forget about how take payer money is being used at AIG, it should have never been given in THE FIRST PLACE!!!!

[73tony73]

What else is in your Freedom Bunker Chris besides your camera and light bulb? Hope you got some tools and provisions in there and that you are not in a major metropolitan area because here is what will happen: After society collapses and the masses have looted and burned all the stores in the inner cities, they will start spreading out to the suburbs. Where are they going to go first? The wealthy neighborhoods, that's where.

[MaximusRelaximus]

yeah, you're right. also, watch out for the russian tom cruises. they've infiltrated the grid, just ask glen beck. don't kid yourselves, sheeple!

[IrishDubliner99]

Senator Grassleigh (Republican ) got it right . Had it been left to market forces AIG would not exist -it would have been wound up last September along with most of the world's stockmarkets. Stop kidding yourself . As for the high achievers ? By your reckoning Al Capone and Bernard Madoff were both high achievers .

Keep digging -You'll find that the pond scum are alive and well and living high off the hog in corporate America at least those who still have jobs .

[IrishDubliner99]

You are a victim -a victim of ignorance . The problem was not Fannie Mae the problem was the entire shadow banking sector. . It started under Reagan in the 1980's which led to the savings and loans mess . Clinton made it worse by amending the Glass Steagal Act in 1999. And Bush compounded all the above through a mad war and allowing the financial services 'thieves' to rob America and the world blindfold . Thats all .

[IrishDubliner99]

'John McCain is on record about Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae '

He's also on record about the Savings & Loans scandal which cost the American taxpayer 300 billion dollars in bailouts . You would think that the Republicans would have learned ? Nothing learned . Oh yes the Dems are not innocent .

And yes there is a lot you don't know !

Keep looking at Fox -It'll increase your IQ ;)

[lawman0252]

LMAO - wow, after viewing some of your other video's I guess you really aren't kidding!

I best be going now, you should hide in your fallout shelter with your tinfoil hat on now!

[BigHairyGossamer]

This is a very confusing situation. Usually large businesses can't issue bonuses without the authority of the owns/shareholders. The government OWNS 80% of AIG! So who authorized it? Also it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me for the government who owns 80% of AIG to take tax dollars to bail AIG out and then wanting to put a heavy tax on the bonuses...well thats just putting money into the governments pockets. Is that tax money going to go into paying off the debt? This doesn't smell right.

[knightstalker1369]

Hey Chris, do one on the HR 45 Gun ban leg that Bobby Rush is backing and then look up his history. Funny how a co founder of the Panthers who spent time in jail (6 months) on weapons charges