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   Michael wme said, 4 months ago

   Somehow, this cartoon looks vaguely familiar.

   
   (Right now, it says 10 Jan, and it’s a boar running with a hand in its mouth, but with gocomics, that’s subject to change without notice.)
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   Radish said, 4 months ago

   He can’t change the comic, he’s missing a hand.
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   Tue Elung-Jensen said, 4 months ago

   Hope they lose if its the case.
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   Fairportfan2 said, 4 months ago

   Most recent i’ve seen suggests that they’re staying far away form the lawsuit…
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   Respectful Troll said, 4 months ago

   It has been suggested Hank Greenberg, the CEO who led AIG at the time of the crisis, and put AIG & the US Government into this unsavory relationship is actually trying to protect his own….assets…yes…assets…that works… by suing the US on behalf of shareholders who might otherwise sue him.
   Perhaps the stockholders should be sued for negligence resulting in negative financial consequences for people & organization who trusted AIG with funds. It has been my opinion from the beginning that all banks and institutions who lost savings and pensions of our neighbors who trusted them should be banned from paying dividends or bonuses until pension funds are refunded and safeties installed to prevent such hardship being inflicted on our people.
   There is very strong evidence for blaming Goldman Sachs for the crisis in Greece because of their use of risky financial formulas.
   At the very least, I would like to know why Mr. Greenberg and other CEOs who laid the foundation of this most recent financial debacle deserve NO punishment or censure. Is it because legislators, manipulated by lobbyists representing lenders, made it legal for banks to do harm? Is it because at a RNC or DNC fund raiser, a CEO was able to have quiet conversations with politicians able to manipulate the legislation in exchange for ‘services rendered"?
   I believe in redemption, but redemption cannot come without “repentance”, a visible, displayed remorse for ills done to others and a sincere effort to make the lives of those harmed, better, if not whole.
   I’ve seen no repentance or remorse from those who crippled our economy. I have seen too many stories of bonuses paid to executives who apparently don’t care if they’ve earned our anger, as long as they ‘earn’ their bonuses.
   Respectfully,
   C.
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   Chillbilly said, 4 months ago

   With all the guns in the country, I’m shocked that not one of these shamelessly felonious billionaire felons has been gunned down. We kill elementary schools and movie theaters, but not Wall Street executives.
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   Twisted.
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   Fourcrows said, 4 months ago

   @Respectful Troll

   To punish a single CEO for an unethical business practice would start a witch hunt through almost every major corporation in the western world. It’s not that they don’t deserve it, but the resulting crash would cut into the bribes from the senators who would have to create the legislation making their crimes actual crimes. They have become an “untouchable” class. That is why if you or I make a mistake that costs a company $1000, we get fired with no severance pay. If a CEO costs the company $5 billion, he gets a $100 million golden parachute and is picked up by another company to start the cycle over.
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   ossiningaling said, 4 months ago

   @Fairportfan2

   AIG’s board of directors is staying away. A former boss of AIG (Maurice Greenberg) is leading the charge.
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   Omnius said, 4 months ago

   The corrupt pigs at AIG have backed down from suing us taxpayers. What a bunch of ungrateful thieves who thought they would sue us taxpayers for using the same business model as AIG does. Typical republicans!
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    Bruce4671 said, 4 months ago

    @Chillbilly

    OH WAIT! You forgot that we kill 350 thousand unborn babies a year too.
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    lifebyc said, 4 months ago

    @Respectful Troll

    Here here! My BIGGEST complaint regarding the current administration – why aren’t you going after the CROOKS who caused the meltdown, Mr. President? See front page of today’s NYTimes.
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    DrCanuck said, 4 months ago

    This AIG story is simply unbelievable.
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    DavidGBA said, 4 months ago

    Well, help can breed resentment! AIG has a history of willful action as if it had never gone public!
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    Radish said, 4 months ago

    @Bruce4671

    Part of your war on women?
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    M Ster said, 4 months ago

    @Bruce4671

    Bruce, isn’t bringing abortion into this AIG discussion a bit of a reach?
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