Fat Cats Feted, Taxpayers Hated
Okay, lame title, but the crux of the matter is that AIG executives partied it up (ta hall and back) after taxpayers bailed out their sorry asses, to the tune of nearly half a million bucks. Congressional hearings were held yesterday and lots of coverage on this one:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/aig-congressional-hearing_n_132614.html
http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=1539
Via Metafilter; here’s a link to the comments section on this story.