AIG Bonus Recipients' Names Revealed

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we cannot protest because the police/military/guard/fbi/whatever whom the american tax payer paid training and pays salary for will harass them, beat them, arrest them. This country is backwards and the ones protecting the country (most of them) are going after the wrong people...but hey they are doing only what they've been told to do. To serve and protect...really? Protect whom? 95.5% of the time I'm harassed by local police or state troopers especially after midnight when I'm coming home from a 48 hour shift from the emergency room. I think driving past midnight is still legal right? Backwards and brainwashed just like the medicine I studied - two hours of nutrition, but countless time on managing (not curing) with pharmaceuticals...really? It's only going to get worse.
Many people are not getting mad over bailouts because they don't see the big sums of money directly coming out of their bank accounts. They don't put together the rising cost of living coming from the state. Example: I had to fork over $30 to the state to renew my license. At one time this only cost $8..then $10. This past year I was pulled for not having my seat belt on, which I clearly did (I see too many accidents not to). Then the story changed... I wasn't wearing it properly. Clearly this guy didn't know what was going on, but still proceeded to give me $150 dollar ticket that I was required to pay the state or further actions (and fines) would follow. So where is the justice really coming from? Night school police officers who at the flick of a pen "can ruin our insurance"? Don't get me wrong - some are great and do put their lives in danger, but I could say the same for myself as well as other colleagues.
America wants to be free and we are no longer free. Nope. According to the American Medical Association (AMA), it's now against the law for doctors to treat cancer patients with anything other than radiation and/or chemotherapy.
What?!
How and when did the AMA form...look it up and then look up what companies they whom formed the AMA own. It's sad, but the truth is there.

A Wade of NC 3:27AM January 07, 2011

Give them there bonus, then fire them with no addition compensation.

me of CA 12:17PM November 30, 2009

If "we the people" don't ban together to form an unstoppable force our government will continue with business as usual. While we weren't looking they became very powerful and they won't give up that power without a fight. They forgot they work for us because we haven't reminded them in about 30 years.
Please check out the Tea Parties being held in your area and lets unite to demand our country back. I'd like the 'fools on the hill' to be submitted to drug testing, background checks, credit checks and IRS checks. I am, in order to keep my job that pays their salaries. I figure that'll elimate about 50% of them. That's a start!
Outraged in Virginia

Outraged in VA of VA 7:28PM March 23, 2009

Why aren't there people protesting outside the homes of our incompetent regulators? Where were the SEC and the FED when the banks were leveraging beyond reason? (or when Madoff was stealing away....) why are we not abusing Bill Clinton and his administration for pushing and forcing Frannie and Freddie to grow and Grow and GRow and GROW.....?
Why aren't we jumping all over the idiots in our congress that approved the bailout without even reading the document? the same morons that instead of focusing on solving the big issue are jumping at every chance they have to politicize the problems and make them a partisan issue.
I hate the bonus situation with AIG as much as the next person. However, I am quite concerned about the viciousness and force with which our incredibly weak (intellectually) Democratic leadership in congress is dealing with the problem. The speed of their reaction only guarantees that the solution will be far from adequate and fair.
I am a Democrat, but I am truly embarrassed to be represented by the likes of Frank, Waxman and Pelosi.

Appalled of NY 11:05PM March 22, 2009

I would characterize the job performance of these AIG executives as totally incompetant. They do not deserve any bonus at all. The American people are not going to be "confident" and spend any of their hard earned money until these individuals like these are held accountable for their failures. Rewarding poor performance does not inspire confidence. There are plenty of other employees that could take over these jobs and perform at a higher level of productivity and judgement than these incompetants. These bonus spoiled CEO's should get out and be blacklisted from ever working in the financial world again. They are guilty of stealing from honest hard working Americans... everyone that I discuss this with feels the same way!

Buttercuppie1 of MD 8:40PM March 22, 2009

There are alot of hard working people who never see a bonus there whole career. And they don't even get special treatment's like other company's. That's because of these company's running thier's in the ground then we have to pay for it. We work just as hard if not harder. Should have let them fail, then let them see where they would be without us.

hard worker of IN 8:53PM March 21, 2009

I just left a voicemail asking for the names and addresses of the reporters who worked on the story - do you think they will get back to me?
Irresponsible! Media & Gov't has gone too far this time. These guys are not child molesters and if you agree with the payments or not - none are guilty of breaking any laws.
leave them alone - if any harm comes to them or their families as a result of the list going public the blame rests squarely with the gov't and media.

Bob of CT 9:40AM March 21, 2009

As a Brit who has worked in the finance industry in London I will let US readers into a little secret. It is common practice for US ex-pats who recieve bonus payments whilst working in the UK that these checks are paid into accounts in tax-haven in the Caymen Islands etc - they never pay any tax on bonus payment!
The Madoff scandal has also reveled that many wealthy investors were no declaring the profits to the IRS that it now turn outs were fictitious anyway. And dont forget the Capitol Hill hearings into Obama's economic team - many of them (incl Geithner) dont pay their share of tax either.
Tax evasion by the rich is endemic in the USA. Cause enough for a second American Revolution?

Teddyboy of MD 8:54AM March 21, 2009

Most people assumes that what is sure to be a very lengthy contract absolutely awards these bonuses and complies with the applicable law. However, I've not been able to find any real analysis of this so far, just assumptions. Also, how can you award retention bonuses to those 11 who weren't retained?

norm of FL 3:29AM March 21, 2009

Both Douglas Poling, 48, the unit's general counsel, director, executive vice president, and chief administrative officer; and Jonathan Liebergall, 43, unit director and head of municipal finance, gave the maximum $2,100 to Chris Dodd. The AIG investment agreement provided that the top 75 executives would not receive bonuses. Chris Dodd reversed that with his legislation in the "Stem-Investment Bill"

Acton of GA 11:54PM March 20, 2009