Banks go back to bubble bonuses


	Banks go back to bubble bonuses

foxyarse

7-23-2009 7:15 PM

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banks go back to bubble bonuses

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Even more extraordinarily, the Washington Post recently revealed that the insurance giant AIG, whose collapse last autumn was one of the main moments in the financial crash, is in discussions with the US government.

AIG wants to pay out $250 million in bonuses to executives in its Financial Products Department. It was this gang’s trading in credit derivatives that forced the company into bankruptcy and the arms of the government in the first place!

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7-24-2009 12:28 PM

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The fucking crooks

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