Washington Week | March 20 2009 Webcast Extra | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/washingtonweek/ In this online-only extra, Washington Week moderator Gwen Ifill and panel discuss how the AIG bailout and bonuses continue to trigger outrage across America and fuel a political firestorm over the economic crisis. What did this week's hearing into AIG reveal? How is the financial crisis impacting President Obama's political agenda?

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This week's panelists:
Jackie Calmes, The New York Times
Alexis Simendinger, National Journal
Pierre Thomas, ABC News
Doyle Mcmanus, Los Angeles Times

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• congress
• bonus
• aig white house obama
• economy

[Nilopollis]

PBS is to fox news

as..........

astronomy is to astrology

chemistry is to alchemy

medicine is to prayer

[Nilopollis]

well give it time, he will ruin something eventually.

[pboogie1023]

Thanks Washington Week for a more level headed discussion regarding AIG. I'm sick of the blame game. How Obama gets blamed for this is beyond me. Most news agencies are just adding fuel to the propaganda.

The fact that Democrats and Republicans are pointing fingers at each other while our economy goes to hell, should be a big concern for all. Educate yourselves regarding TARP and it's amendments, because the biased networks and cable news organizations aren't going to give you the truth.

[iron1215]

So It's Bush's fault huh? And the slobbering love affair with Obama continues. These people will never blame Obama for anything ever.

[vicnameless]

Qwen the Gatekeeper.

[internationalkids8]

Well, l don't think it is accurat for AIG to give their chief excutives bonus because they have accepted relief fund.Taxpayer' s money shouldn't flow into individual's account.

[voyeurdug]

Don't see Treasury (Federal, much less states'), rushing to market (online would be nice), targeted, government-backed, tax-ADVANTAGED ( -free would be nicer), "Recovery" and/or "Toxic-Asset"-buying investment products.

Seems that would be a good way to round up "little money" dollars from folks with near-stagnant bank accounts that pay bank-rate interest that's fully taxable. With that kind of product marketed via user-friendly (vs. user-hostile) websites: Problem Gone; Opportunity Optimized.

[ubuibiok]

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