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A.I.G. executives laughing all the way to the bank while Congress fumes

March 15th, 2009 Andrew Villeneuve Unscheduled Programming

About those A.I.G. bonuses that Democratic leaders in Congress are (justifiably) outraged about: We know it’s a bad time, but you should have listened to Senator Maria Cantwell and Representative Jay Inslee before agreeing to sign that big $700 billion blank check to Wall Street…

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