tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post1108866247479062297..comments2023-10-05T04:00:39.089-05:00Comments on Kingdom of Chaos: AIG: Why is Anybody Surprised?El Jefe Maximohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-16219952041199369502009-03-25T17:04:00.000-05:002009-03-25T17:04:00.000-05:00p.s. see http://duckofminerva.blogspot.com/2009/03...p.s. see <BR/>http://duckofminerva.blogspot.com/2009/03/tim-burke-responds-to-jake-desantis.html<BR/>and the linksLFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-67000305556299744332009-03-25T16:35:00.000-05:002009-03-25T16:35:00.000-05:00The bonuses are, as several people have noted, a d...The bonuses are, as several people have noted, a distraction in the sense that they are a tiny fraction of the money AIG has been given. In the end most of the bonuses probably will be voluntarily returned (disgorged, whatever), and all the posturing largely forgotten. But it is understandable that people were upset that the AIG traders at the London credit-default-swap operation were given these bonuses, contractual provisions or no.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-7258738676851986902009-03-19T18:09:00.000-05:002009-03-19T18:09:00.000-05:00You are right. I cringe at lawmakers on both side...You are right. I cringe at lawmakers on both sides of the aisle when they talk about this. It looks like business as usual in Washington.<BR/><BR/>When to do we start calling the political environment "post-optimistic"?Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835360074098739138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-60466271486729362472009-03-19T13:41:00.000-05:002009-03-19T13:41:00.000-05:00I'll take all the agreement I can get. If you scor...I'll take all the agreement I can get. If you score any bailout moolah. . .don't pay bonuses! Cash your US Treasury checks promptly, since everyone else will be doing the same thing . . .El Jefe Maximohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661511063910659377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632546.post-69530002411212022982009-03-18T19:39:00.000-05:002009-03-18T19:39:00.000-05:00Oh Jefe - I so agree with you !! At this rate, I m...Oh Jefe - I so agree with you !! At this rate, I must get in line for my bailout Moo-lah!Gator Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11705429755246261322noreply@blogger.com